In places where same-sex marriages are legal, how many married same-sex couples are there?
In 24 places where detailed statistics are available, same-sex marriages in recent years have ranged from less than 1% to 3.4% of all marriages.
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In 24 places where detailed statistics are available, same-sex marriages in recent years have ranged from less than 1% to 3.4% of all marriages.
16 states and the territory of American Samoa still observe the second Monday in October as an official public holiday exclusively called Columbus Day.
Most K-12 students at U.S. public schools have a school year of about 180 days, but when that year starts and ends varies substantially by region.
The food stamp program is one of the larger federal social welfare initiatives, and in its current form has been around for nearly six decades.
Powerful storms, wildfires, heat waves and other extreme climate-related events are projected to become more common and affect more people.
Third-quarter 2021 inflation was higher in nearly all (39) of the 46 nations analyzed than in the pre-pandemic third quarter of 2019.
On average, Democrats and Republicans are farther apart ideologically today than at any time in the past 50 years.
Only 21 of the nearly 2,400 people who have served as a state governor since U.S. independence have resigned under pressure.
The $7.25 federal minimum wage is used in just 21 states, which collectively account for about 40% of all U.S. wage and salary workers.
We identified 261 U.S. jurisdictions that have adopted some voting method other than the winner-take-all system most American voters know.
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