A growing share of U.S. husbands and wives are roughly the same age
On average, husbands and wives were 2.2 years apart in age in 2022, down from 2.4 years in 2000 and 4.9 years in 1880.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
On average, husbands and wives were 2.2 years apart in age in 2022, down from 2.4 years in 2000 and 4.9 years in 1880.
The joint federal-state health insurance program covered 71.4 million Americans as of January 2025.
Some 3.4% of K-12 students in the United States were homeschooled during the 2022-23 academic year.
In 2020, 93% of districts were retained by the same party; only 18 of 435 districts (4%) flipped.
Former President Joe Biden granted 4,245 acts of clemency during his four-year tenure in the White House, more than any previous president on record.
58% of Americans see NATO favorably, down 4 points since 2023. Democrats and Republicans are increasingly divided on the alliance and on Ukraine aid.
Buddhists, the religiously unaffiliated and Daoists each make up about a quarter of Taiwan’s adult population.
About one-fifth of Israeli Jews (22%) have switched from one Jewish group to another since childhood.
The number of Black eligible voters in the United States is projected to reach 34.4 million in November 2024 after several years of modest growth.
Nearly six-in-ten Americans (58%) say the U.S. benefits from its membership in the World Health Organization.
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