According to the American public, fully 23.6 percent of the U.S. population—nearly one in four adults—is gay, lesbian, or bisexual. That...

Reading for personal interest continues to decline as a leisure activity. The percentage of Americans who read on an average day fell from 2...

The suicide rate in the United States continues to rise. A recent study by the National Center for Health Statistics examines the increase b...

For the second year in a row, the non-Hispanic White population fell slightly, according to the Census Bureau's population estimates for...

Nearly one in four Americans reports that it is fairly or very difficult for them to make ends meet, according to the 2018 General Social Su...

It is not the norm to have a close friend who is at least 15 years older or younger than you are, according to an AARP survey. Only 37 perce...

The number of unauthorized immigrants in the United States has fallen by 1.7 million since the 2012 peak. There were 10.5 million unauthoriz...

How are Americans doing when it comes to exercising? They are doing better than they had been, but not good enough. Only 24 percent of adult...

It seems like a lifetime ago, but it was only eight years ago when Pew Research Center first asked Americans whether they owned a smartphone...

Rabies is one of the most fearsome and feared diseases. More than 99 percent fatal, the symptoms of those infected with rabies are so fright...

Among the 121 million men aged 15 or older in the United States, 60 percent have biological children, according to the Census Bureau's f...

One in four cancer survivors aged 18 to 64 had problems paying medical bills, according to a CDC analysis of the material hardships of those...

The oldest Gen Xers—born in 1965—turn 55 next year. At that age, retirement planning shifts from serious to critical. How are Gen Xers doing...

Which states will be hurt the most by a 2020 Census that does not perform up to par? A study by the Urban Institute examines three performan...

Gallup has been asking the public what it thinks about LGBT issues for more than 40 years. Below are the percentages of the public in agreem...

Yes, says the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in an analysis on its Liberty Street Economics Blog . Despite the rising cost of college, the...

Among women of childbearing age in the United States, more are childless than ever before. The percentage of women aged 15 to 44 who have no...

Twelve percent of the nation's adults live with their parents. For most, financial reasons are a big factor, according to the Federal Re...

The iPhone changed everything. After its release in 2007, average household spending on cell phone service surged ahead of residential (land...

Median household income rose slightly to $64,016 in April 2019, after adjusting for inflation, according to Sentier Research. While below th...