We all know about the inequality in workplace retirement benefits , with few low-wage workers and most high-wage workers participating in em...

Homeownership rate of householders aged 30 to 34, second quarter 2016: 44.8% The homeownership rate of households headed by people...

The ongoing baby bust appears to be a trend occurring among lower-income women rather than their higher-income counterparts. Overall, the pe...

Are workplace retirement plans a benefit for the affluent? That's what the data suggest. The latest report from the Bureau of Labor Stat...

Median household income in June 2016 stood at $57,206, according to Sentier Research, which was not significantly different from the May 201...

How many teenagers think of themselves as a math person? Thanks to the High School Longitudinal Survey, we know the answer. The HSLS is trac...

A stunning 70 percent of Americans are overweight, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. Fifty years ago, only 45 percent ...

How much has online time and attention shifted as web sites have proliferated, video streaming has become commonplace, and connected devices...

How much housing wealth is accessible to Americans? The answer is $7 trillion, according to an Urban Institute study—or an average of $133,8...

How many people are carrying cash in their pockets, wallets, or purses when away from home? According to a Gallup survey, only 54 percent of...

Median age of U.S. adults by religious affiliation... Presbyterian: 59 Methodist: 57 Lutheran: 56 Southern Baptist: 54 Jewish: 50 Cat...

Over 1 million immigrants were granted permanent legal residence in the United States in 2014. Fully 59 percent of those immigrants settled ...

Just over 1 million immigrants were granted legal permanent residence in the United States in 2014, according to the Department of Homeland ...

Young adults are stereotypically seen as early adopters of technology, older adults as Luddites. But older Americans are not the Luddites th...

How many Americans die as a result of law enforcement action each year? More than 500, reports the National Center for Health Statistics. He...

Percentage of young adults and older Americans who often get their news from (ranked by source)... Aged 18 to 29 34% from websites/apps ...

Eating out accounts for more than one-third (34 percent) of the daily calories consumed by Americans aged 2 or older, according to the USDA...

The percentage of Americans whose incomes place them in the "upper middle class" more than doubled between 1979 and 2014, accordin...

In a recent survey, AARP asked Americans at what age they think they will be over the hill. Here are the answers by generation... Age at w...

Percent of 30-year-olds who were married, had a child, not in school, and lived on their own... 2015: 32% 1975: 71% Source: Census Bure...