The 2020 census, for the first time, will allow the public to respond online rather than fill out a paper form. According to a 2018 Census B...

Every January in communities across the country the homeless are counted in a one-night census. The recently released 2018 report on the hom...

Rural counties have been losing population in recent years and urban counties have been growing. One factor behind rural population loss is ...

When the General Social Survey is taken every two years, GSS interviewers who talk to respondents in person are asked to rate respondents an...

More about this little known fact: when the General Social Survey is taken every two years, GSS interviewers who talk to respondents in pers...

The government shutdown is now in its 34th day, with an estimated 800,000-plus furloughed workers missing their paychecks. Just who are thes...

Little known fact: when the General Social Survey is taken every two years, GSS interviewers who talk to respondents in person are asked to ...

Is there an "economic bar" to marriage? To answer this question, try this thought experiment. Who would you rather marry: someone ...

If student debt had not increased between 2005 and 2014—both in prevalence and in the amount owed—there would be 400,000 additional homeowne...

Rural areas have been hit hard by the opioid epidemic. The injury is, in part, self-inflicted. Primary care physicians in rural areas are mo...

The average woman in the United States will have 1.8 children in her lifetime, according to the age-specific fertility rates of 2017. This c...

How many Americans carry a credit card balance, and how much do they owe? The answers can be found in a study by economist Joanna Stavins of...

More than half a million Americans are homeless on a given night, according to the Department of Housing and Urban Development . An annual s...

The percentage of Americans who use ride-sharing services such as Uber and Lyft more than doubled between 2015 and 2018, according to a Pew ...

"Ideally, if you had the opportunity, would you like to move PERMANENTLY to another country, or would you prefer to continue living in ...

Between 2018 and 2028, the number of households in the United States is projected to increase by 12.2 million, according to the Joint Center...

If you think you've got a retirement plan, think again. A study by the Urban Institute finds that more than half of older full-time work...

How many metro residents are happy with their public transit system? It depends on where they live, according to the 2017 American Housing S...

The 55 percent majority of Americans aged 18 or older live in a wireless-only household, according to January-June 2018 estimates by the Nat...

Median household income in November 2018 climbed to $63,554, reports Sentier Research. This is the highest median recorded by Sentier since ...