Between 2020 and 2021, the first year of the pandemic, the population of the nation's 798 large cities (defined as incorporated places w...

How many Americans feel unsafe walking because of crime? That question was included in the 2020 National Health Interview Survey along with ...

The percentage of male high school graduates who enroll in college soon after graduating from high school fell to the lowest level in almost...

Imagine living within an hour's drive of your entire extended family—meaning "children, parents, grandparents, grandchildren, broth...

The political affiliations of the American public have not changed much in decades. According to the 2021 General Social Survey, 44 percent ...

Gun ownership is common in the United States. Overall, 40 percent of Americans say they or someone in their household owns a gun, according ...

The federal government has been tracking computer and internet use in the United States since the 1990s—the beginning of the internet era fo...

The latest statistics on the labor force participation of women with children under age 18 shows why the pandemic has been so hard on famili...

Most Americans personally know someone who has had an abortion, according to a Pew Research Center survey fielded in March—prior to the leak...

Men of prime working age have not made any economic progress over the past 30 years, according to an analysis by the Social Security Adminis...

The percentage of teenagers who are obese has more than quadrupled in the past 40 years, according to the National Center for Health Statist...

If the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, as now appears likely, it will be in defiance of public opinion. The great majority of Americans...

  Homeownership rate of householders aged 30 to 34, first quarter 2022: 49.0% Homeownership rates in the first quarter of 2022 were little c...

Democrats and Republicans are in disagreement about most issues. Take climate change, for example. Only 11 percent of Republicans think ...

The Covid death toll was greater in 2021 than in 2020 despite the roll-out of vaccines. Why? In part, because pandemic mitigation efforts be...

The Census Bureau's Household Pulse Survey does more than track the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on American households. In an eff...

A growing share of Americans is "not at all" worried about illegal immigration, according to a recent Gallup survey. In fact, the ...

Increasingly, a bachelor's degree is a prerequisite for marriage. The latest data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 (N...

Between 2020 and 2021, the Baby Boom generation lost more than 1 million members, according to the Census Bureau's 2021 population estim...

Twenty-five U.S. residents died of Covid-19 on April 10, 2022—the most recent data available from the CDC. This is the smallest daily death ...