Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Catholics remain the largest religious group among Latinos in the United States, even as their share among Latino adults has steadily declined over the past decade. The share of Latinos who are religiously unaffiliated is now on par with U.S. adults overall.
The 118th Congress achieved a variety of demographic milestones when its members took office, though it still remains out of step with the U.S. population.
There are sizable ideological differences over the most pressing priorities for the U.S. immigration system within each partisan coalition.
Majorities of Black adults say the criminal justice, political and economic systems were designed to hold Black people back.
We asked over 30,000 people what would help democracy work better in their country. Key themes in their responses were addressing basic needs and improving or rebuilding the political system.
Migration outpaced global population growth by 83% to 47% from 1990-2020. Buddhist and Muslim migrants more than doubled in number during this time.
72% of Americans say taking in civilian refugees should be an important goal for immigration policy in the United States.
One-in-five federal, state and local candidate tweets in 2022 have mentioned race, abortion, education or the economy.
In several of the 24 countries surveyed, rule of law issues and improving public safety rank toward the top half of the changes people say could help improve democracy in their country. And safety – whether that be reducing crime, supporting law enforcement or other policies – is particularly salient in some of the middle-income […]
Americans now see reducing the budget deficit as a higher priority for the president and Congress to address than in recent years. But strengthening the economy continues to be the public’s top policy priority.
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