A smaller share of older U.S. adults live alone today than in 1990
26% of U.S. adults ages 65 and older lived alone in 2023, the most recent year with available data. That’s down from 29% in 1990.
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2. Number of countries where religious groups were harassed reached new peak level in 2022
In 2022, governments and/or social actors harassed religious groups in 192 countries and territories out of the 198 analyzed – two more than 2021.
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Most U.S. vice presidents in recent decades have sought the presidency, but relatively few have won
Overall, 29 of the 49 people who have served as vice president since the country’s founding have gone on to formally seek a party’s presidential nomination.
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Trump Loses Ground on Several Personal Traits as Approval Rating Slips
A majority of Americans (56%) say the overall level of ethics and honesty in the federal government has fallen over the course of Trump’s term.
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How Americans view Trump’s handling of trade and tariffs
Nearly six-in-ten U.S. adults are not confident that Trump can make good decisions about trade policy. Views of trade between the U.S. and China, Canada and Mexico have shifted since 2025.
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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 A: Coding methodology
This Pew Research Center analysis on views of how to improve democracy uses data from nationally representative surveys conducted in 24 countries. For non-U.S. data, this analysis draws on nationally representative surveys of 27,285 adults conducted from Feb. 20 to May 22, 2023. Surveys were conducted over the phone with adults in Canada, France, Germany, […]
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How Americans view alcohol’s benefits and risks
A majority of Americans ages 21 and older (57%) say their own alcohol use does not increase their risk of serious physical health problems.
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Americans have grown more supportive of restrictions for trans people in recent years
Two-thirds of U.S. adults favor laws and policies that require trans athletes to compete on teams that match their sex assigned at birth.
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How Americans think about corporate and political influence on the news
Roughly half of U.S. adults say news organizations are influenced a great deal by corporations and government interests.