A booming U.S. stock market doesn’t benefit all racial and ethnic groups equally
Nearly two-thirds of White families (66%) owned stocks directly or indirectly, compared with 39% of Black families and 28% of Hispanic families.
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Nearly two-thirds of White families (66%) owned stocks directly or indirectly, compared with 39% of Black families and 28% of Hispanic families.
Despite the growth of commercial sports betting, the most common way that Americans bet on sports is with friends or family.
Burmese (19%) and Hmong Americans (17%) were among the Asian origin groups with the highest poverty rates in 2022.
In 2022, women earned an average of 82% of what men earned, according to a new analysis of median hourly earnings of full- and part-time workers.
Among the roughly 6 million small business firms with employees, 49% have just one to four workers.
55% of Americans say there are too few women in top executive business positions. This is down somewhat from 59% who said this in 2018.
In an August 2022 survey, 54% of Black adults said they had a very or somewhat negative impression of capitalism, up from 40% in May 2019.
Today’s 21-year-olds are less likely than their predecessors in 1980 to have reached five key milestones, including having a full-time job.
Additionally, about half of lower-income parents (52%) say they have not had enough money for food or their rent or mortgage.
Here’s a look back at 2023 through some of our most striking research findings.
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