Black workers’ views and experiences in the U.S. labor force stand out in key ways
Black workers account for about 13% of all U.S. workers, including those who work full time, part time and are self-employed.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Black workers account for about 13% of all U.S. workers, including those who work full time, part time and are self-employed.
A quarter of voting members of the U.S. Congress identify their race or ethnicity as something other than non-Hispanic White.
About half of Black adults (52%) say racism in U.S. laws is the bigger problem for Black people, while 43% cite racism by individuals.
Overall, 57 Black women – among a total of 106 women of color – have ever been elected to the national legislature.
Here’s a look back at the past year and some of its biggest news events through 15 of our most striking research findings.
88% of Americans say marijuana should be legal for medical or recreational use. Just 11% say the drug should not be legal in any form.
Today, there are more than 18 million living veterans in the United States, representing about 6% of the country’s adult population.
Six-in-ten U.S. adults say gun violence is a very big problem in the country today, up 9 percentage points from spring 2022.
In 2018-19, 79% of White elementary and secondary public school students went to schools where at least half of their peers were also White.
Here’s a look back at 2023 through some of our most striking research findings.
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