Share of aggregate income held by U.S. middle class has plunged since 1970

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December 12, 2022

Striking findings from 2022

Share of aggregate income held by U.S. middle class has plunged since 1970

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Striking findings from 2022
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U.S. Christians projected to fall below 50% of population if recent trends continue
77% of Black Americans – compared with 18% of White Americans – support reparations for descendants of enslaved people
A growing share of TikTok’s adult users say they regularly get news on the site
In both parties, six-in-ten or more who faced certain weather events say climate change played a role
Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Americans much more likely to consider Russia an enemy
Majority of adults say abortion should be legal in some cases, illegal in others
Partisan gap in views of Supreme Court now wider than at any point in more than three decades
In U.S., young adults are the most likely to be transgender or nonbinary
U.S. journalists more likely than the public to say all sides don’t always deserve equal coverage
Drug overdose death rate among Black men in the U.S. more than tripled between 2015 and 2020
Nearly half of teens now say they use the internet ‘almost constantly’
Growing shares of both Republicans and Democrats say members of the other party are more immoral, dishonest, closed-minded than other Americans
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