Americans’ views of the economy remain negative; most say prices have gotten worse while job availability has improved.
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The number of Black immigrants living in the country reached 4.6 million in 2019, up from roughly 800,000 in 1980.
37% of U.S. adults say they are following news about the coronavirus outbreak very closely. That is up from 31% in March 2021.
Amid tensions over a possible military invasion of Ukraine, Republicans and Democrats are largely in agreement about the threats posed by Russia.
A majority of U.S. adults (61%) are optimistic that the new year will be better than the year that just ended.
Americans’ views of the economy remain negative; most say prices have gotten worse while job availability has improved.
79 countries and territories out of the 198 studied around the world (40%) had laws or policies in 2019 banning blasphemy.
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Nearly half of U.S. adults say the pandemic has driven people in their community apart. Many see a long road to recovery: About one-in-five say life in their community will never get back to the way it was before COVID-19.
73% say they are vaccinated, but at least half express confusion, concern over vaccine information and health impacts.
Among adults 25 and older who have no education beyond high school, more women have left the labor force than men.
Recent surveys have documented how people around the world view the issue of climate change and international responses.
Citizens offer mixed reviews of how their societies have responded to climate change, and many question the efficacy of international efforts to stave off a global environmental crisis.
46% of U.S. adults say the area where they live has had an extreme weather event over the past 12 months.
Majorities of Americans support an array of measures to address climate change but stop short of a full break with fossil fuels.
Immigrants – particularly those from African nations – are a growing share of the U.S. Black population.
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.
Latinos with darker skin color report more discrimination experiences than Latinos with lighter skin color.
Concerns about racial and ethnic discrimination are widespread in most of the 17 advanced economies surveyed this spring.
“A record 23 million Asian Americans trace their roots to more than 20 countries … and the U.S. Asian population is projected to reach 46 million by 2060.”
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