Homeownership rate of householders aged 30 to 34, fourth quarter 2016: 45.6% The homeownership rate of households headed by people aged...

Women with health insurance are much more likely to use birth control consistently than those without health insurance, according to an Urba...

In the three months prior to the 2016 presidential election, false news stories favoring Trump were shared 30 million times on Facebook, rep...

Since the bursting of the housing bubble in 2006, the homeownership rate in the United States has slumped, the number of homeowners has fall...

Fifty years ago only about half of adults lived in a household without children under age 18, according to the Census Bureau. Today nearly t...

More than three out of four Americans (77 percent) own a smartphone, reports Pew Research Center. Smartphone ownership is the norm in all bu...

Rural America has been struggling with population loss, reports the Population Reference Bureau. Between 2000 and 2015, fully 60 percent of ...

When boom turns to bust, is it better to hunker down and stay put or pull up stakes and move elsewhere? Move appears to be the answer. ...

Americans are saving more in their IRAs. The median balance of IRA accounts has grown since 2011, according to a report by the Employee Bene...

The New York Times  created a stir when it reported on a USDA study with the alarming headline, " In the Shopping Cart of a Food Stamp ...

As the bachelor's degree has become commonplace, the master's degree is the new mark of distinction. The percentage of Americans age...

With the Affordable Care Act and expanded access to health care services under threat, the CDC has released a report suggesting any erosion ...

Most of us eat dinner at a restaurant at least once a week, according to a Gallup survey. When Americans are asked how many nights in the pa...

Overall, 4.1 percent of Americans aged 18 or older personally identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender, according to a Gallup surv...

It costs more to raise a child than it once did, but not all that much more. According to USDA estimates for middle America (middle-income, ...

Overall, 54 percent of American adults have a favorable view of President Obama, according to PRRI's 2016 American Values Survey. Not su...

Among current cigarette smokers, more than two out of three—68 percent—would like to quit. The 55 percent majority tried to quit in the past...

Who is behind the ongoing baby bust—the years-long decline in the number of births. In 2015, there were 338,000 fewer babies born (3,978,497...

Nationally, 49 percent of adults live in wireless-only households, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. In three of four ...

As demographic trends unfold, questions arise. This is the second of a two-part post with 10 vital questions about ongoing demographic trend...