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Thursday, October 29, 2020

College Enrollment Has Dropped

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Undergraduate enrollment at institutions of higher education was 4 percent lower as of September 24, 2020, than one year earlier, according ...
Wednesday, October 28, 2020

All Eyes on the Young Adult Vote

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If young adults do what they say, the 2020 election may be one for the history books. Fully 55 percent of 18-to-36-year-olds say they will ...
Tuesday, October 27, 2020

First-Time Homebuyer Watch: 3rd Quarter 2020

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Homeownership rate of householders aged 30 to 34, third quarter 2020: 50.1% For the first time since 2011, the homeownership rate of househo...
Monday, October 26, 2020

Percentage of Men at Work Hits Record Low

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Working parents are having a tough time coping with the coronavirus pandemic. Just how tough is spelled out in a Pew Research Center analysi...
Thursday, October 22, 2020

Blacks Are More than Twice as Likely as Whites to Know Someone Who Died from Covid-19

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Twenty-two percent of all Americans know someone who died from Covid-19, according to PRRI's 2020 American Values Survey. Blacks are mor...
Wednesday, October 21, 2020

Who Do You Believe about the Coronavirus Pandemic?

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Nearly half of the American public (49 percent) has "a lot" of trust in Dr. Anthony Fauci to provide accurate information about th...
Tuesday, October 20, 2020

Median Home Value at Record High in 2019

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The median value of the American home has finally surpassed the manic figure of 2007—just before the housing bubble burst. The nation's ...
Monday, October 19, 2020

Inheritances Fuel Wealth Disparity

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The median net worth of Black householders under age 35 was just $600 in 2019, according to the Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF). This is j...
Thursday, October 15, 2020

Family Home Still the Most Valuable Asset

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The family home is still the single most valuable asset owned by the average American household. The primary residence accounted for 26 perc...
Wednesday, October 14, 2020

New Spending Categories in the 2019 CEX

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It is always interesting to note any changes in the line items of the Consumer Expenditure Survey (CEX) each year. New items, combined items...
Tuesday, October 13, 2020

Small Businesses Still Pessimistic

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When the coronavirus first swept through the country, most small businesses were optimistic about a rapid return to normal. Only 39 percent ...
Monday, October 12, 2020

24% Expect to Lose Employment Income in Next Four Weeks

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In the final week of September, nearly one in four Americans aged 18 or older expected that they or someone in their household would lose em...
Thursday, October 08, 2020

Democrats, Republicans Far Apart on Importance of Coronavirus

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The 62 percent majority of voters say the coronavirus outbreak is very important to their vote in the 2020 presidential election, according...
Wednesday, October 07, 2020

Most Americans Feel Less Safe

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The 55 percent majority of Americans say they feel less safe than they did five years ago, according to a Lloyd's Register Foundation po...
Tuesday, October 06, 2020

30 Years of Student Loans

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Student loans are a ball and chain around the necks of millions of Americans. It didn't used to be this way. The first time the Federal ...
Monday, October 05, 2020

Most Americans Don't Get Enough Exercise: True or False?

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There's a lot of tsk-tsking about how little exercise Americans get, with many blaming our couch potato lifestyle for our growing girth....
Thursday, October 01, 2020

How Important Is Computer Science Education?

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The 69 percent majority of parents with children in grades 7 through 12 think it is important for their children to learn computer science, ...
Wednesday, September 30, 2020

Covid-19 Recession Endangers Black Wealth

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First, the good news. The median net worth of Black households climbed 33 percent between 2016 and 2019, after adjusting for inflation. This...
Tuesday, September 29, 2020

Median Household Net Worth in 2019: $121,800

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How wealthy is the average American household? We find out only every three years, which is a very long wait. Well, the wait is over but the...
Monday, September 28, 2020

Mental Health Problems Common before Coronavirus

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The mental health of Americans has taken a beating during the coronavirus pandemic. But mental health wasn't all that great in 2019, eit...
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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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