As stores across the nation experiment with going cashless, they are shutting their doors on a significant share of the population—those wit...

Americans are big fans of nature. Nearly every adult (98 percent) agrees with the statement, "I take notice of the natural elements aro...

Education leads to better health for reasons not fully understood. An Urban Institute study takes a closer look at health disparities by edu...

If you wonder why so many people have their noses stuck in their phones, they're probably talking to Mom or Dad. Thanks to the internet ...

A surprisingly large number of men have ever been arrested, according to a Bureau of Labor Statistics study. To determine how the arrest and...

Between 2010 and 2018, the population of the nation's 775 largest cities (incorporated places with populations of 50,000 or more in 2018...

Twenty years ago, just 35 percent of Americans supported legal same-sex marriage. Today, 63 percent of the public is in support, according t...

Seventy-three percent of Americans do not want to see the landmark abortion rights ruling Roe v. Wade overturned, according to Planned Pare...

Non-Hispanic Whites accounted for the 52 percent majority of women who gave birth in 2018, according to the National Center for Health Stati...

The nation's rural population is much less diverse than the urban population, reports the USDA's Economic Research Service. In nonme...

The annual number of births in the United States peaked in 2007 at 4.3 million. Since then, births have fallen in every year but one.  This ...

Only 3,788,235 babies were born in the U.S. in 2018—the fewest births since 1986, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. Ex...

Every few years, Gallup surveys the public about its willingness to vote for a hypothetical presidential candidate with certain characterist...

Life expectancy at birth varies by race and Hispanic origin. Non-Hispanic Blacks have a lower life expectancy at birth (74.9 years) than non...

Householders aged 30 to 34 were once the nation's first-time homebuyers —defined as the age group in which the homeownership rate first ...

Although it seems as though prescription drug use is on the rise, in fact the percentage of Americans who have used one or more prescription...

"The loss of one or both parents can profoundly affect a person's life," say Census Bureau researchers Zachary Scherer and Ros...

The stereotype of the starving artist must be laid to rest. A study of artists in the U.S. labor force by the National Endowment for the Art...

The 56 percent majority of Americans say their personal financial situation today is good or excellent, according to a 2019 Gallup poll. Thi...

Median household income fell to $63,425 in March 2019, after adjusting for inflation. This was 1 percent below the record high median record...