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    Section 2: Generations and the 2012 Election

    The age gap in voting, which began to open in the 2004 election and became a major factor in Barack Obama’s 2008 victory over John McCain, is not the political norm. In fact, for most of the past four decades, there was little difference in the voting preferences of younger and older Americans. As recently […]

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    Chapter 2: Income and Poverty in Multi-Generational and Other Households

    Pooling resources can raise the income of a multi-generational household above the level for other households. There is a trade-off, however. Multi-generational living arrangements also mean there are more people in the household to support. In 2009, the average number of residents in multi-generational households was 4.3, compared with 2.4 in other households. Thus, sharing […]

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    II. Poverty Patterns Among Hispanic Children

    Among the nation’s more than 17 million Hispanic children, 35% lived in poverty in 2010. However, poverty rates vary widely among different groups of Hispanic children. For example, those in families headed by a single mother have the highest poverty rates, 57.3%, while those in families where at least one parent has a college degree […]

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    Evolution, Growth and Turnover

    Updated May 15, 2012 Navigate this page: Growth in the Early 20th Century World War II Through the 1960s Surge in Growth After 1970 Turnover and Churn Religious advocacy in early American history generally focused on state and local governments. But religious groups and organizations occasionally were drawn into national lobbying campaigns for issues in […]

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    Latino Children in Poverty

    A new report from the Pew Hispanic Center explores and analyzes the poverty rate for Hispanic children. Latino children now outnumber white children in poverty for the first time, according to census data cited in the report.

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    Section 1: A Demographic Portrait of Muslim Americans

    Muslim Americans are a heavily immigrant population. Of those age 18 and older, more than six-in-ten (63%) were born abroad, and many are relative newcomers to the United States: Fully one-quarter of all U.S. Muslim adults (25%) have arrived in this country since 2000. The Muslim American population also is significantly younger and more racially […]