What we know about the U.S. H-1B visa program
Nearly 400,000 H-1B applications were approved in fiscal year 2024, most of which were applications to renew employment.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Nearly 400,000 H-1B applications were approved in fiscal year 2024, most of which were applications to renew employment.
Only about a third of the world’s countries practice daylight saving time, and the vast majority of them are in Europe.
Asian immigrants come from many cultures and origins. Their migration stories are also diverse. The Vietnam War and other conflicts in Southeast Asia brought Vietnamese and other Southeast Asian refugees to the United States. More recently, flows of Asian immigrants, particularly highly skilled immigrants from India and China, came to study and work in the […]
Americans express more confidence in Ukrainian President Zelenskyy than in any of the other six world leaders included in a new Pew Research Center survey.
In 2022, governments and/or social actors harassed religious groups in 192 countries and territories out of the 198 analyzed – two more than 2021.
Filipino adults see many places asked about in our survey favorably. About eight-in-ten (79%) hold a favorable view of Japan, including 43% who see it very favorably. Filipino Americans also have largely positive views of the United States, with 76% seeing it in a favorable light. Filipino immigrants, Republicans and those 50 and older have […]
About six-in-ten Americans (59%) see TikTok as a major or minor threat to national security in the United States.
About Pew Research Center’s Spring 2025 Global Attitudes Survey Results for the survey are based on a mix of telephone, face-to-face and online interviews conducted under the direction of Gallup, Langer Research Associates and Social Research Centre. The results are based on national samples, unless otherwise noted. Read more about our international survey methodology and […]
Results presented in this data essay are drawn from nationally representative surveys conducted over the past 20 years in more than 60 countries.
China has the world’s largest population (1.426 billion), but India (1.417 billion) is expected to claim this title next year.
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