All America Counts Stories

Children in Poverty Less Likely to Participate in Sports, Gifted Programs

New U.S. Census Bureau survey highlights the impact that poverty has on school-aged children’s involvement in extracurricular activities.

Same-Sex Married Couples Have Higher Income Than Opposite-Sex Married Couples

The U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey releases data on income and poverty levels of same-sex couples.

Fifteen Percent of Same-Sex Couples Have Children in Their Household

Male same-sex couples are more likely to adopt children than female same-sex couples.

More Young Adults Lived with Their Parents in 2019

Poverty rates of people ages 25 to 34 living with their parents remained stable at 5.3%, lower than the U.S. poverty rate of 10.5%.

Homebodies: More Than a Third of Married Couples Live in State Where Both Were Born

New interactive data visualization allows you to analyze trends in married couples’ birthplace, all the way back to 1900.

Young Adults Most Likely to Change Living Arrangements

Newly released U.S. Census Bureau survey data highlight transitions in living arrangements by age and nativity.

Parents Juggle Work and Child Care During Pandemic

Working mothers of school-age children bore the brunt of stay-at-home orders, taking personal leave or juggling childcare while working extra hours.

Most Families That Received SNAP Benefits in 2018 Had At Least One Person Working

Most families who received Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits had at least one worker and about a third included two or more workers.

The Risks Children Face During Pandemic

New U.S. Census Bureau experimental Household Pulse Survey results show households with children are disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

How State Marriage and Divorce Rates Stack Up

New interactive data visual allows users to compare marriage and divorce rates across states for 2008 and 2018.

Counting All Military Service Members and Their Families in 2020

Active duty military, veterans and their families are a vital part of community life and need to be counted in the 2020 Census.

For First Time, Same-Sex Couples in Current Population Survey Tables

U.S. Census Bureau now shows same-sex couples in its annual America’s Families and Living Arrangements table package, reflecting growing family diversity.

Where Same-Sex Couples Live

Just over half of same-sex couple households in the United States are female, but male same-sex households are more common in large cities.

Happy Father’s Day!

Dads are front and center in an interactive data visualization that highlights the first-ever men’s fertility report from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Most Fathers Either Have Been or Are Now Married

More than nine out of 10 fathers either have been, or are currently, married. Only 8.2 percent have never married.

Stepdad or Mom’s Boyfriend?

Four out of 10 men living with the children of their spouse or partner and no biological or adopted children are not identified as the stepfather.

For Young Adults, Cohabitation Is Up, Marriage Is Down

Estimates from the 2018 Current Population Survey show that living together is a more common lifestyle for young adults ages 18 to 24 than marriage.

Despite the Internet, Kids Still Involved in Extracurricular Activities

Children today are just as engaged in lessons and even more active in sports compared to around 15 years ago.

Shhh….I Make More than My Husband

Census researchers have found a reporting discrepancy in self-reported earnings when wives make more than their husbands.

Race, Ethnicity and Marriage in the United States

Every state has seen an increase in the percentage of married-couple households that are interracial or interethnic, but changes varied across the U.S.