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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.

While a few proposals continue to garner bipartisan support, partisan divisions on others – including a ban on assault-style weapons – have grown wider.

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

Today, 25% of adults ages 65 and older report never going online, compared with much smaller shares of adults under the age of 65.

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

The share of U.S. adults who now report that they go online “almost constantly” has risen to 31%, up from 21% in 2015.

One year into the coronavirus pandemic, about a fifth of U.S. adults (21%) are experiencing high levels of psychological distress.

The outbreak has dramatically changed Americans’ lives and relationships over the past year. We asked people to tell us about their experiences – good and bad – in living through this moment in history.

More Americans now say the possibility that students will fall behind academically without in-person instruction should be given a lot of consideration.

A majority of workers in only four out of nine industries studied say that the responsibilities of their job can be done from home.