America Counts: Stories Behind the Numbers
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Families and Living ArrangementsGrowing Share of New Fathers Take Paid LeaveMay 13, 2025A newly released Census Bureau report explores parental leave and employment patterns of first-time mothers and fathers.
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PopulationA Look Back on 2024 Through U.S. Census Bureau DataDecember 26, 2024We review a year of change in our nation, from increased diversity and declining fertility to post-pandemic economic recovery and lower poverty rates.
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Families and Living ArrangementsShare of U.S. Coupled Households With Children Declined in 2023November 13, 2024New Census Bureau table package and graphics show demographic and economic characteristics of U.S. same-sex and opposite-sex couple households in 2023.
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Families and Living ArrangementsLess Than Half of U.S. Family Households Include Children Under 18November 12, 2024A new interactive data visualization explores the characteristics of family households by the householder’s age.
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Marriage and DivorceU.S. Divorce Rates Down, Marriage Rates Stagnant From 2012-2022October 08, 2024In 2022, Washington, D.C., had among the highest marriage rates and Arkansas among the highest divorce rates.
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Families and Living ArrangementsMajority of Household Population Lived in Coupled Households in 2020September 19, 2024About 8% of the household population (26 million people) lived in cohabiting couple households in 2020.
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Income and PovertyMedian Household Income Increased in 2023 for First Time Since 2019September 10, 2024Non-Hispanic White households were the only group with higher incomes in 2023. Asian household median income remained the highest among all groups.
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Income and PovertyLa mediana de ingresos subió en el 2023, por primera vez desde el 2019September 10, 2024Los hogares de personas de raza blanca no hispanas fueron el único grupo con la mediana de ingresos más alta en el 2023.
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PopulationHow COVID-19 Changed Older Adults’ Work and LifestyleSeptember 04, 2024New data visualization shows differences in older adults’ work and lifestyle patterns from 2019 to 2022.
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Same-Sex CouplesWhere Do Male and Female Same-Sex Couples Live?August 21, 2024East Coast, West Coast or somewhere in between: Where do same-sex couples live? Explore the top 10 counties for female and male same-sex couples.
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Income and PovertyMajority of Older Adults in Poverty in 2021 Lived AloneJune 25, 2024New Census Bureau report explores demographic characteristics, living arrangements and income sources of older adults living in poverty.
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Families and Living ArrangementsOver Half of Spouses in Same-Sex Marriages Tied the Knot After 2014June 11, 2024A new report provides characteristics and living arrangements of spouses in same-sex and opposite-sex couples.
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Families and Living ArrangementsHow Many Young and Older Adults Lived Alone?May 30, 2024A new report shows how the living arrangements of adults varied by sex and across age groups.
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Families and Living ArrangementsHow Parents Coped with the Infant Formula ShortageApril 02, 2024The Household Pulse Survey shows the number of parents reporting difficulty getting infant formula decreased significantly between fall 2022 and summer 2023.
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Families and Living ArrangementsThe Share of Coupled Households in Your County and the NationMarch 26, 2024New data visualization shows types of coupled households at the county level.
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Families and Living ArrangementsGrandparents Living With GrandchildrenMarch 19, 2024A new report shows characteristics of grandparents who live with their grandchildren and where they are in the United States.
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PopulationHow Does Diversity in Social Networks Impact Survey Response?March 05, 2024Census Bureau research shows that areas where people have more diverse social connections also have higher data quality in the American Community Survey.
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Families and Living ArrangementsRising Cost of Child Care Services a Challenge for Working ParentsJanuary 09, 2024Census Bureau data show that estimated revenue for Child Day Care Services increased all but one year from 2014 to 2021.
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Business and EconomySelf-Storage Industry Withstands Economic Volatility Through COVID-19January 04, 2024Changes in living and working environments, low operating costs and flexible leases may have contributed to the stability of the self-storage industry 2019-2021.
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Families and Living ArrangementsMost Parents Don’t Have Any Formal Child Care ArrangementsNovember 29, 2023The Household Pulse Survey shows that 1 in 5 parents relied on a relative for child care.
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Same-Sex CouplesInterracial Couples More Common Among Same-Sex CouplesNovember 08, 2023Male same-sex couples had higher median household incomes than female same-sex couples even though the shares with both partners working did not differ.
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PopulationWhy People MoveSeptember 19, 2023New U.S. Census Bureau data product shows changes in reasons for moving and types of moves between 2021 and 2022.
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Income and PovertyMedian Household Income After Taxes Fell 8.8% in 2022September 12, 2023The expiration of expansions to federal programs during COVID-19 resulted in lower post-tax household income and higher poverty rates.
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Families and Living ArrangementsMore Unmarried Women Than Unmarried Men in the U.S.September 07, 2023A new data visualization shows the ratio of unmarried men to unmarried women by state, age, race and ethnicity.
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Families and Living ArrangementsWork and Lifestyle of Young Adults Changed During the PandemicSeptember 06, 2023New data visualization shows differences in young adults’ work and lifestyle patterns such as working from home from 2019 to 2021.
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Families and Living ArrangementsSame-Sex Married Couples Less Likely to Be Same Age, Race, EthnicityAugust 02, 2023Survey data reveal patterns of social and economic similarity between same- and opposite-sex spouses.
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Families and Living ArrangementsMultiple Partners, Multiple KidsAugust 01, 2023A new U.S. Census Bureau report looks at patterns of multiple partner fertility among married and unmarried couples.
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Families and Living ArrangementsNational Marriage and Divorce Rates Declined From 2011 to 2021July 13, 2023Puerto Rico had among the lowest marriage and divorce rates in 2021.
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Families and Living ArrangementsU.S. Adults Provided $17.5 Billion in Support to Parents in 2020June 14, 2023Almost as many U.S. adults voluntarily provided financial support to parents as those who paid mandatory child support.
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Families and Living ArrangementsSeveral Generations Under One RoofJune 13, 2023Multigenerational households and those with children living with grandparents increased from 2010 to 2020.
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Families and Living ArrangementsHome Alone: More Than A Quarter of All Households Have One PersonJune 08, 2023In 2020, 27.6% of occupied U.S. households had one person living alone, about 20 percentage points higher than in 1940.
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Families and Living ArrangementsFamily Households Still the MajorityMay 25, 2023One-person households increased but family households remained two-thirds of all households in 2020.
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Families and Living ArrangementsShare of U.S. Coupled Households Declined in 2020May 25, 2023Coupled households still made up more than half of all U.S. households but their share dropped since 2000.
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Income and PovertyOpportunities for Marriage, Partnership Shape Women’s Family IncomesMay 09, 2023White women were more likely than Black women of the same economic background to have access to more income from spouses and partners.
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Families and Living ArrangementsTablets More Common in Households With ChildrenApril 13, 2023Households with children 5 years old and over had the highest rate of tablet ownership.
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HousingLow-Income Renters Spent Larger Share of Income on Rent in 2021March 02, 2023The percentage of household income spent on rent plus utilities increased from 2019 to 2021 and renters with the lowest annual income saw the largest spikes.
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