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Thursday, June 30, 2016

What We Think about Young and Old

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Percent of Boomers who find themselves "saying or thinking the following types of things in regards to someone younger" than they ...
Wednesday, June 29, 2016

How Many Shop on an Average Day?

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Percentage of Americans aged 15 or older who participated in selected primary activities on an average day in 2015... 79.9% watched televi...
Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Measuring the Internet-of-Things

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The Internet of Things is a growing category of technology that allows consumers to control household appliances and devices through the int...
Monday, June 27, 2016

Decline of White, Married Christians

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Percentage of American adults who are white, married, and Christian... 2015: 28% 2010: 31% 2000: 35% 1990: 46% 1980: 56% Source: Pub...
Friday, June 24, 2016

Household Income Falls in May 2016

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We're backtracking. Median household income in May 2016 fell below the median of December 2007 (the start of the Great Recession) after ...
Thursday, June 23, 2016

Population by Race and Hispanic Origin, 2015

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The U.S. population grew by 12.1 million between 2010 and 2015, according to the Census Bureau. Non-Hispanic Whites accounted for just 5 per...
Wednesday, June 22, 2016

The Big Business of Alternative Medicine

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Alternative medicine is big business. Americans spend $30 billion annually out-of-pocket on what the federal government calls "compleme...
Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Vehicle Purchases in Past 12 Months

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How much do Americans love cars? They love them so much that one in four adults (or their spouse or partner) bought a car or truck in the pa...
Monday, June 20, 2016

Even The Best Surveys Have Problems

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Just how accurate are even the best surveys—the federal government's Current Population Survey, for example. The CPS is the source of vi...
Friday, June 17, 2016

ACA Boosts Financial Security

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Better physical health is not the only potential benefit of the Affordable Care Act, according to a Liberty Street Economics analysis. Finan...
Thursday, June 16, 2016

Decline in Daily Newspaper Readers: Thanks Internet!

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Newspaper employment has plummeted over the past two decades, according to a Demo Memo analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics' data, wi...
Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Finances Getting Better or Worse?

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Every year for the past three, the Federal Reserve Board has surveyed the nation's households to determine their economic well-being. Am...
Tuesday, June 14, 2016

How Many Teenagers Take Risks?

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Risky behavior ranked by percentage of 9th to 12th graders engaging in the activity... 41.5% texted or emailed while driving in past 30 da...
Monday, June 13, 2016

What Would Help Low-Income Households the Most?

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What is the most effective way to improve the economic wellbeing of the nation's low-income households? A study by the Brookings Institu...
Friday, June 10, 2016

Disability Free Life Expectancy is Rising

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The life expectancy of Americans at age 65 has been rising. Between 1992 and 2008, life expectancy at age 65 climbed from 17.5 to 18.8 years...
Thursday, June 09, 2016

Births by Race and Hispanic Origin, 2015

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The ongoing baby bust is delaying the inevitable—the day when Hispanics, Blacks, and Asians will account for the majority of Americans, pro...
Wednesday, June 08, 2016

Median New House Price at Record High

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The wait is over: the median sales price of new single-family houses sold hit an all-time high in 2015, finally surpassing the 2005 peak aft...
Tuesday, June 07, 2016

Fewer Media Jobs: Thanks Internet!

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Until the introduction of the smartphone in 2007, the effect of the internet on employment in traditional media—newspapers, magazines, and b...
Monday, June 06, 2016

Change in Life Expectancy, 2000 to 2014

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The life expectancy at birth of non-Hispanic Whites increased by 1.4 years between 2000 and 2014, according to the National Center for Healt...
Friday, June 03, 2016

New Houses Still Getting Bigger

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Americans are buying bigger and bigger homes. The size of new single-family houses sold in 2015 hit another record high. The median square f...
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Cheryl Russell
Demographer Cheryl Russell was the editorial director of New Strategist Press and the editor-in-chief of American Demographics magazine. She has written numerous books about demographic trends. Ms. Russell is a professional demographer with a degree from Cornell University.
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