The Census Bureau first collected data on household computer ownership in 1984 and internet use in 1997. This is how the figures have change...

Average annual household growth in 2017 retreated to the sluggish pace recorded in the aftermath of the Great Recession, according to the Ce...

Median household income climbed 3.2 percent in 2016 to $59,039, according to the Census Bureau. This median appears to be a record high, sur...

Median household income registered another gain in 2016. The $59,039 median household income of 2016 was 3.2 percent higher than the $57,230...

Millions of Americans play video games, according to a Pew Research Center survey. This is the percentage who play (on a computer, TV, game ...

Twenty-nine percent of Americans aged 18 or older can speak a language other than English, according to the 2016 General Social Survey, up f...

How many retirees with mild cognitive impairment or dementia have someone to help them with their finances? That's the question posed by...

Minority students have accounted for nearly all of the increase in college enrollment since 2000, according to the Census Bureau's schoo...

Half of American households moved into their current home in 2008 or later, according to the American Housing Survey. For homeowners, 2003 i...

How much have earnings climbed for baby boomers over their lifetime? The Bureau of Labor Statistics has captured the data with its National ...

Forty percent of American workers agree that they would be willing to move within the United States to avoid unemployment, according to resu...

Asian, Black, and non-Hispanic White households spent more in 2016 than in 2015, after adjusting for inflation. The 2015–16 rise in average ...

American households spent an average of $57,311 in 2016, according to the Consumer Expenditure Survey. That's a bit more than they spent...

College enrollment—including two-year, four-year, and graduate schools—climbed to 19.2 million in in 2016 after falling each year since 2011...

Americans move for many reasons, such as for better housing, to be closer to family, or for a new job. The Census Bureau collects data on th...

The average household spent $230 on pet food in 2015. Here are some of the other items on which the average household spends about the same ...

Debt is a growing burden for Boomers nearing retirement. That's the prognosis of a National Bureau of Economic Research study, which exa...

A new survey promises to provide interesting details on labor force trends. The New York Fed's Survey of Consumer Expectations (SCE) Lab...

The 21st century has been a wild ride so far, and it has only just begun. The speed with which events are unfolding is creating turmoil and ...

Recent surveys are revealing big differences in the attitudes of rural and urban residents. Most rural residents think the values of urban r...