How many Americans have received at least the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine? The Census Bureau recently added this question to its biwe...

One of the questions on the personality test that probes for vulnerability to fascism ( the F-Scale ) is this: "Obedience and respect f...

The housing market is in a frenzy because of the coronavirus pandemic. The housing inventory is at a record low of 380,000—48 percent below ...

Which occupation is going to shed the most jobs over the next decade? Just as the Bureau of Labor Statistics projects the occupations likely...

Digital devices are the news source for the great majority of Americans. Fully 86 percent of the public "sometimes" or "often...

Jobs are disappearing, unemployment claims are surging, the pandemic is raging. In the midst of this turmoil, the Census Bureau's Small ...

Whenever life expectancy declines in the United States, it's a big deal. In the past 50 years, the National Center for Health Statistics...

File this story in the Not Surprising But Still Shocking category: the age-adjusted mortality rate in the United States in the second quarte...

You don't have to wait for 2020 census results to know the big trends of the past decade. That's because demographer William H. Frey...

"Because things have gotten so far off track in this country, we need a leader who is willing to break some rules if that's what it...

The coronavirus pandemic is getting worse. Daily new cases, hospitalizations, and deaths are at all-time highs. The vaccine rollout is fatal...

The number of households in the United States grew by only 9.3 percent over the past 10 years—from 118 million in 2010 to 128 million in 202...

"How would you describe your own personal weight situation right now?" When asked this question, only 41 percent of the American p...

Out-of-pocket spending on prescription drugs has fallen steeply over the past decade. In 2018, those who purchased retail prescription drugs...

On February 29, 2020, the CDC logged the first Covid-19 death in the United States. The next day, no one died from Covid—the last day withou...

 Demo Memo is taking a holiday break. See you on January 4, 2021. 

The year 2020 is coming to a close. Although this terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year is almost over, it will live in infamy as histo...

There has been a lot of talk about the numbers of people who have moved because of the coronavirus pandemic. According to a Pew Research Cen...

Only 19 percent of Americans answer their cellphone to see who it is when called by an unknown number, according to a Pew Research Center su...

Just ahead of the holiday festivities, the National Center for Health Statistics has issued a report on trends in obesity by age. Do you thi...