What’s behind the growing gap between men and women in college completion?
The growing gender gap in higher education – in enrollment and graduation rates – has been a topic of conversation and debate in recent months.
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The growing gender gap in higher education – in enrollment and graduation rates – has been a topic of conversation and debate in recent months.
The national total in the 2020 census was largely accurate, but the Census Bureau has estimated miscounts for some states and demographic groups.
About half of Americans see their identity reflected very well in the census’s race and ethnicity questions.
There were nearly 62.5 million Latinos in the United States in 2021, accounting for approximately 19% of the total U.S. population.
White eligible voters were somewhat more likely to say they were contacted than Black, Hispanic or English-speaking Asian eligible voters.
Americans are much less likely to say there is discrimination against White people: 40% say White people face at least some discrimination.
Black and Hispanic worshippers are less likely than their white counterparts to say they have gone to a house of worship recently.
The share of Black and Latino adults who say they feel angry about the state of the country is now sharply lower than in June.
Georgia’s changing electoral makeup has been the focus of renewed attention in the 2020 election cycle.
In battleground states, Hispanics grew more than other racial or ethnic groups as a share of eligible voters.
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