Publications

Americans’ comfort levels with using gender-neutral pronouns to refer to someone have remained static since 2017.

With the economic recovery gaining momentum, unemployment among immigrants is about equal with that of U.S.-born workers.

17% of the global population could be considered middle income in 2020. Most people were either low income (51%) or poor (10%).

Adults – particularly men – who are in same-sex marriages have a somewhat different demographic profile from adults in opposite-sex marriages.

A new analysis of 2020 validated voters examines change and continuity in the electorate, both of which contributed to Joe Biden’s victory. It looks at how new voters and voters who turned out in either 2016, 2018 or both voted in the 2020 presidential election, and offers a detailed portrait of the demographic composition of the 2020 electorate.

College graduates without a college-educated parent have lower incomes and less wealth, on average, than those with a parent who has a bachelor’s or higher degree.

The challenges of a COVID-19 economy are clear for 2020 college graduates, who have experienced downturns in employment and labor force participation.

About half of Americans see their identity reflected very well in the census’s race and ethnicity questions.

In 2019, there were 58.3 births for every 1,000 women ages 15 to 44 in the United States, down from 59.1 in 2018.

Roughly 9.6 million U.S. workers lost their jobs during the COVID-19 downturn; only about 2.6 million EU workers lost jobs in this period.