9 facts about U.S. Catholics
Catholics are one of the largest religious groups in the United States, outnumbering any single Protestant denomination.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Catholics are one of the largest religious groups in the United States, outnumbering any single Protestant denomination.
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.
Women made up 47% of the U.S. civilian labor force in 2023, up from 30% in 1950 – but growth has stagnated.
76% of Black adults say they at least sometimes get news on TV, compared with 62% of both White and Hispanic adults and 52% of Asian adults.
Around seven-in-ten U.S. adults (68%) say they ever use Facebook, a share that has remained relatively flat since 2016.
The number of Black people living in the United States reached a new high of 47.9 million in 2022, up about a third (32%) since 2000.
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 2021, 18% of parents didn’t work for pay, which was unchanged from 2016, according to a new analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data.
As Elon Musk rebrands Twitter to “X,” here are eight facts about Americans’ use of the social media platform.
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