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    Our favorite data visualizations of 2025

    In this post, we’ll highlight a few of our favorite visuals from 2025 and walk through how we made them and what makes them successful.

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    Appendix B: Coding methodology

    This Pew Research Center report on sources of national pride uses data from nationally representative surveys conducted in 25 countries. For non-U.S. data, this analysis draws on nationally representative surveys of 28,333 adults conducted from Jan. 8 to April 26, 2025. Surveys were conducted over the phone with adults in Canada, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, […]

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    10. Prayer and other religious practices

    Fewer Americans pray daily today than in 2007. Read about how often U.S. adults participate in prayer groups, read scripture and more. Religious Landscape Study by Pew Research Center.

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    1. Labor market and economic trends for young adults

    A majority of the nation’s 36 million workers ages 25 to 34 have not completed a four-year college degree. In 2023, there were 19 million young workers who had some college or less education, including those who had not finished high school. The overall number of employed young adults has grown over the decades as […]

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    Methodology

    Much of the data in this essay is drawn from the Religious Landscape Study (RLS). We also draw upon data collected from surveys conducted on Pew Research Center’s American Trends Panel (ATP) and data from the General Social Survey (GSS). We walk through the details of these data sources below. We also discuss how we […]

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    2. Public views on the value of a college degree

    We asked Americans what they think about the value of a four-year college degree from a few different angles: The importance of a four-year college degree Four-in-ten Americans say it is not too or not at all important to have a four-year college degree in order to get a well-paying job in today’s economy. Only […]

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    Americans’ trust in news organizations and social media

    ☀️ Happy Thursday! The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information. Sign up here! In today’s email: 🔥 Featured story Robert Francis Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, was selected today as the first American leader of the Roman Catholic Church following the death of Pope Francis. The first conclave since 2013 prompted discussion […]

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    Key facts about U.S. Latinos

    Between 2000 and 2024, the U.S. Latino population nearly doubled, rising from 35.3 million to 68 million.

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