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Friday, June 29, 2018

Median Household Income Grew in May 2018

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Median household income in May 2018 climbed to $61,858, according to Sentier Research. This is a higher median than in any month since Janua...
Thursday, June 28, 2018

Student Loans Delay Homeownership by 7 Years

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Student loans are preventing many younger adults from buying a home, according to a survey by the National Association of Realtors and Ameri...
Wednesday, June 27, 2018

Retirement Plan Participation Declining? No, says EBRI

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The percentage of workers who participate in a retirement plan is declining, according to the Current Population Survey. Don't believe i...
Tuesday, June 26, 2018

Recession Generation is 51% Minority

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The 51 percent majority of the nation's youngest generation is Asian, Black, Hispanic, or another minority, according to a Demo Memo ana...
Monday, June 25, 2018

15% of High School Students Report Concussion in Past Year

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Among the nation's high school students, 15 percent report having experienced at least one concussion during the past year, according to...
Friday, June 22, 2018

Population by Race and Hispanic origin, 2017

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The U.S. population grew by 16.4 million between 2010 and 2017, according to the Census Bureau. The non-Hispanic White population accounted ...
Thursday, June 21, 2018

Number of Non-Hispanic Whites Peaked in 2015

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The number of non-Hispanic Whites in the United States peaked in 2015, according to the Census Bureau's 2017 population estimates. Betwe...
Wednesday, June 20, 2018

Education Debt Has Become the Norm

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For today's young adults, getting a college degree means going into debt, according to the Federal Reserve Board's Survey of Househo...
Tuesday, June 19, 2018

16% of Americans Provide Financial Support

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A substantial 16 percent of Americans aged 18 or older provide financial support to people in other households, according to the Federal Res...
Monday, June 18, 2018

Do You Want To Be Rich? Only 61% Say Yes

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A surprisingly modest 61 percent of Americans say they would want to be rich, according to a Gallup survey. Younger adults are most likely t...
Friday, June 15, 2018

Is Your Father Still Alive?

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Many Americans celebrated Father's Day yesterday by remembering their father rather than spending time with him. Only 45 percent of adul...
Thursday, June 14, 2018

Low Fertility May Be Here to Stay

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"The most pressing current issue for the Social Security Trustees is how to think about the sharp decline in the total fertility rate,...
Wednesday, June 13, 2018

Only 30% of Americans Use Desktop Computers

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Fully 78 percent of Americans aged 3 or older used the internet as of November 2017, according to the latest government survey of computer a...
Tuesday, June 12, 2018

CDC Investigates Rise in Suicides

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The CDC's report on the rising number of suicides in the United States was released on June 8,  just days after Kate Spade committed sui...
Monday, June 11, 2018

991 Million Doctor Visits in 2015

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Americans visited the doctor 991 million times in 2015, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. That 3.1 visits per person, ...
Friday, June 08, 2018

How Many Would Go into Space?

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Americans are a timid bunch. Personally, most  would not want medical treatments so that they could live to be at least 120, most don't...
Thursday, June 07, 2018

The Gig Workforce in 2017...but more to come

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If you think gig workers are a growing share of the U.S. labor force, the results of the latest survey of gig work appear to contradict the ...
Wednesday, June 06, 2018

Educated, Affluent Parents Most Likely to Use Day Care

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Sixty percent of the nation's preschoolers are in a nonparental care arrangement (day care) at least weekly, according to a National Cen...
Tuesday, June 05, 2018

Age of Retirement Rising for College Graduates

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The average age of retirement is rising among men, but the increase is almost entirely limited to those with a college degree, according to ...
Monday, June 04, 2018

Teens and Tech: 2018 Update

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Every few years Pew Research Center surveys the use of technology by teenagers aged 13 to 17. Here are some of the latest findings... 95% ...
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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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