Six states produce most of the nation's pumpkins: Illinois, California, Ohio, Michigan, New York, and Pennsylvania. In Illinois, 77 perc...

If you're a typical worker, you didn't get a raise this year. More than two-thirds (68 percent) of Americans say no one in their hou...

The "education advantage" appears to be passed down from parents to children even more strongly than the income advantage, accordi...

Homeownership rate of householders aged 30 to 34, third quarter 2014: 46.9% The 46.9 percent homeownership rate of households head...

Going to college was once an experience that divided younger generations from older Americans. Now the divide has disappeared. Well, almost....

The top three occupations of American women who are self-employed: Child care worker Hairdresser House cleaner Source: Bureau of Labor...

Most Americans (84 percent) report having friends in their neighborhood, according to the 2013 American Housing Survey. Only 16 percent of h...

When asked which of two alternatives is the best way to promote economic growth in the United States, young (aged 18 to 29) and old (aged 65...

Among the 16 million Americans who moved between 2012 and 2013, this many... Owners became renters: 3,009,000 Renters became owners: 1,87...

Only 56 percent of U.S. households have sidewalks in their neighborhood, according to the 2013 American Housing Survey. Sidewalks are even l...

The number of homeowners who owe more for their house than it is worth fell by 1.7 million between 2011 and 2013, according to the Census Bu...

The attitudes of Americans toward the treatment of Blacks by the criminal justice system is changing, in part due to public outrage over the...

Between 2012 and 2013, the number of adults in nonmetropolitan areas declined, perhaps for the first time ever, according to the USDA's ...

Here's a trend that may explain the nation's slow household growth and the outright decline in the number of households headed by 25...

The use of private vehicles for commuting to work has declined among younger Americans, according to a Brookings analysis of American Commun...

Between 2007 and 2013, households with no earners  were the only ones who made gains in median income, after adjusting for inflation. Most a...

Life expectancy at birth reached a record high of 78.8 years in 2012, reports the National Center for Health Statistics. Life expectancy at ...

It might be too soon to call this a trend, but average household spending on college tuition fell 6 percent between 2012 and 2013, after adj...

The release of 2014 Current Population Survey  data a few weeks ago was almost ho-hum. Median household income was unchanged, and there were...

Americans don't know much about infectious disease. A Harris poll asked the public for its best guess of the mortality rate of various i...