Income, Wealth & Poverty

About half of U.S. adults who are currently unemployed and are looking for a job are pessimistic about their prospects for future employment.

Recent pandemic migrants are more likely than those who moved earlier in the outbreak to have relocated due to financial stress.

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.

The abrupt closure of many offices and workplaces this past spring ushered in a new era of remote work for millions of employed Americans and may portend a significant shift in the way a large segment of the workforce operates in the future.

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

The share of unpartnered mothers who are employed and at work has fallen more precipitously than among other parents.

The shares of mothers and fathers who are working have fallen from 2019 to 2020, but the falloff has been comparable for each group.

More Black adults now say the country has work to do to address racial inequality; attitudes of White adults have changed little since 2019.

Half of adults who say they lost a job due to the coronavirus outbreak are still unemployed.

38% of parents with children whose K-12 schools closed in the spring said that their child was likely to face digital obstacles in schoolwork.