What the data says about Medicaid
The joint federal-state health insurance program covered 71.4 million Americans as of January 2025.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
The joint federal-state health insurance program covered 71.4 million Americans as of January 2025.
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.
To better understand how LGBTQ adults identify, we asked respondents three separate questions: When it comes to sexual orientation, more than half of LGBTQ adults (55%) describe themselves as bisexual. Four-in-ten are gay or lesbian, while small shares are straight (1%) or something else (3%). About one-in-ten LGBTQ adults (9%) are transgender. This includes 4% […]
Private investors are the biggest holders of national debt – $24.4 trillion as of March 2025 – followed by federal trust funds and retirement programs.
Most who are married say their spouse shares their religion, while 26% don’t. Read about interreligious marriages, spouses discussing religion and more. Religious Landscape Study by Pew Research Center.
In many countries, the share rating free press or speech as important is larger than the share saying they actually have that freedom.
Data centers accounted for 4% of total U.S. electricity use in 2024. Their energy demand is expected to more than double by 2030.
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.
Some activities, such as prayer, are widespread. Others, such as fasting and lighting incense or candles, vary more by country.
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