We await the April 1, 2020 census datapoint, but so far it looks like the 2010s will go down in U.S. history as the decade with the slowest ...

The use of solar energy by U.S. households is miniscule. Only 6 percent of homeowners say they have installed solar panels at their home, ac...

The average household spent $1,206 on gifts for people in other households in 2018, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Consume...

Times have changed. No longer are manufacturing jobs the relatively high-paying opportunities they once were, according to a Bureau of Labor...

When asked how mentally healthy they are, 43 percent of Americans aged 18 or older say their mental health is "excellent," accordi...

Millions of Americans frequently take a medication to help them fall or stay asleep, according to the National Health Interview Survey. Over...

One in five Americans (19 percent) wears a fitness tracker, such as a Fitbit or Apple Watch, according to a Gallup survey. Women are more li...

Location, location, location. That's what some people look for when choosing a place to live. They want to live in a location convenient...

The percentage of young adults who were enrolled in school in 2018 was a bit below the record high, thanks to the full-employment economy. B...

Vaping now far outpaces smoking cigarettes as a teenage vice. Only 16 percent of middle and high school students have ever smoked cigarettes...

Perceptions of climate change depend on where people live, according to a Pew Research Center survey. While 62 percent of Americans aged 18 ...

Median household income did not change significantly between September and October 2019, after adjusting for inflation. The $66,465 October ...

Why now, Gallup? Just as the holiday season commences, Gallup again releases the results of a survey that reminds us to watch our weight—as ...

The final numbers are in. There were only 3,791,712 births in 2018, according to the National Center for Health Statistics report,  Births F...

Households headed by Asians, Blacks, and Hispanics are more likely to include children under age 18 than are households headed by non-Hispan...

The nation's mobility rate hit an all-time low of 9.8 percent in 2018–19, primarily because fewer renters are moving. The mobility rate ...

The folks who work for the USDA's Economic Research Service must have a lot of fun analyzing how food fits into the daily routine of the...

Only 26 percent of American households include children under age 18, according to the Census Bureau's 2019 Current Population Survey—a ...

One in four Americans (25 percent) has a smart speaker—such as an Amazon Alexa or a Google Home—in their house, according to a Pew Research ...

This is a broken record, literally. Each year brings a new low in the mobility rate, breaking the record set in the previous year.  The perc...