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reportJan 9, 2012

U.S. Foreign-Born Population: How Much Change from 2009 to 2010?

The U.S. population in 2010 included 39.9 million foreign-born residents. This estimate, the latest available for the foreign-born population, is 1.5 million, or 4%, higher than the survey’s 38.5 million estimate in 2009.
reportJan 8, 2012

Iowa Caucus Launches 2012 Election Coverage

The Project for Excellence in Journalism did not publish a news index report this week. However, the data is available here.
reportJan 6, 2012

Continued Majority Support for Death Penalty

Overview Public opinion about the death penalty has changed only modestly in recent years, but there continues to be far less support for the death penalty than there was in the mid-1990s. A survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press and the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, conducted […]
reportJan 6, 2012

Majority Continues to Support Death Penalty

A November 2011 survey finds continued majority support for the death penalty in the U.S. Compared with 20 years ago, however, there is more concern today among death penalty opponents about flaws in the justice system and the possibility that innocent people could be put to death.
reportJan 6, 2012

New Pew Forum Survey of Mormons in America

Washington, D.C. —In a 10 a.m. EST conference call for journalists on Thursday, Jan. 12,2012, the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life willdiscuss the findings from a major new comprehensive survey, Mormons in America: Certain in Their Beliefs but Uncertain of TheirPlace in Society. Conducted between Oct. 25 and Nov. 16, 2011, among […]
short readsJan 5, 2012

Percentage of Married Adults in the U.S. Hits a Record Low

Barely half of all adults (51%) in the United States –a record low — are currently married.
short readsJan 5, 2012

Where Christians Live: Large Global Shifts in Last Century

Although Europe and the Americas still are home to a majority of the world’s Christians (63%), that share is much lower than it was in 1910 (93%).
short readsJan 5, 2012

Race and Ethnicity of Military Women

More than three-in-ten (31%) military women are black. This is almost twice the share of active-duty men who are black.
short readsJan 5, 2012

Public Views of Inequality, Fairness and Wall Street

Roughly three-quarters of the public (77%) say that they think there is too much power in the hands of a few rich people and large corporations in the United States.
short readsJan 5, 2012

Levels of Awareness Among Latinos About Increased Immigrant Deportations

Although there have been a record number of immigrant deportations under the administration of Barack Obama, 36% of Latinos say the levels are about the same as they were during George W. Bush’s presidency.