Median household income was $52,959 in April 2014, according to Sentier Research, about the same as the March median after adjusting for inf...

At first glance, the 2013 estimate of the number of births in the United States might seem ho-hum. The number changed little: the 3,957,577 ...

The number of families with preschoolers has dropped by more than 1 million over the past six years, according to Census Bureau data on fami...

Who is the better house flipper—locals or out-of-town investors? The locals are, according to a National Bureau of Economic Research study  ...

Among all IRA owners in 2012, the median balance of their IRA account(s) was $27,987. The balance rises slowly with age: $3,360 for IRA owne...

Only 13 percent of the nation's IRA owners contributed to their IRA in 2012. Here is the percentage who contributed by age... Under ag...

Between 2010 and 2013, the population of the nation's 743 largest cities (incorporated places with populations of 50,000 or more in 2013...

A battle lies ahead to legalize same-sex marriage in the southern states, says Gallup. Every state in the South has a constitutional ban on ...

Percentage of the nation's renters who have... Television: 97% Cell phone: 87% Air conditioning: 84% Computer: 69% Clothes washer:...

Overall, the 55 percent majority of Americans think private companies "should be required to cover birth control in their workers' ...

Americans are much more optimistic about prospects for their own children than all children, according to a Pew Research Center survey. Only...

The nation's automobiles are rapidly aging, according to an analysis by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In 2012, the average age of the ...

Student debt is preventing young adults from becoming homeowners. Thirty-year-olds with student debt are less likely to own a home than thei...

How can that be? Everyone knows the divorce rate is down. Once boomers dumped spouse number one and settled down with spouse number two, div...

Only 2.8 percent of workers walk to work, according to the Census Bureau. Decade after decade, walking to work has become less common, with ...

If Americans are living longer, then it makes sense to raise the age at which retirees can collect their full Social Security benefit. Right...

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In their youth, boomers believed they were going to change the world. They managed to shake things up a bit, but now the tables have turned....

Percentage of young adults and older Americans who were raised... In a city Aged 18 to 34: 16% Aged 65-plus: 14% In a suburb Aged 18 ...

One in five Americans is poor or nearly poor, according to the Census Bureau. Fully 61 million of the nation's 311 million people were l...