Black Americans

The share of Americans who say they know someone else who has been hospitalized or died due to COVID-19 has increased sharply since spring.

There’s a 14-point gap between the shares of White and Black adults in the U.S. who say they have a great deal of confidence in scientists.

Black and Hispanic worshippers are less likely than their white counterparts to say they have gone to a house of worship recently.

Many legislators in four English-speaking countries directly addressed George Floyd’s killing and the subsequent protests on Twitter.

236 members (45%) of the 116th Congress have mentioned “Black lives matter” on Facebook or Twitter dating back as far as Jan. 1, 2015.

While the CDC has pointed to some possible factors that may be contributing to this pattern, the public is divided in its perceptions.

Americans who recently protested are more likely to live in an urban area and to identify with or lean toward the Democratic Party.

As demonstrations continue across the country to protest the death of George Floyd, a black man killed while in Minneapolis police custody, Americans see the protests  both as a reaction to Floyd’s death and an expression of frustration over longstanding issues.

Black adults were much more likely than whites and somewhat more likely than Hispanic adults to frequently discuss the pandemic with others.

Black Americans stand out from other racial and ethnic groups in their attitudes toward key health care questions associated with the pandemic.