Richard Fry

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.

Black and Hispanic workers remain underrepresented in STEM jobs compared with their share of the U.S. workforce.

The higher education pipeline suggests a long path is ahead for increasing diversity, especially in fields like computing and engineering.

The number of American homeowners increased by an estimated 2.1 million over the past year, according to the Census Bureau.

The charts below allow for comparisons between racial or ethnic groups over time on a range of measures including educational attainment, household income, life expectancy and others. You may select any two groups at a time for comparison.

In 2019, the share of American children living in poverty was on a downward trajectory, reaching record lows across racial and ethnic groups.

In the third quarter of 2020, about 28.6 million Baby Boomers reported that they were out of the labor force due to retirement.

Half of U.S. adults say colleges and universities that brought students back to campus made the right decision, while 48% say they did not.

The share of 18- to 29-year-olds living with their parents has become a majority since U.S. coronavirus cases began spreading early this year.

Between February and June 2020, the share of young adults who are neither enrolled in school nor employed has more than doubled.