In a survey taken roughly one year after the oil spill in the Gulf, a 57%-majority of Americans favored allowing more oil and gas drilling in U.S. waters, up 13 points from last summer.

A quarter of Millennials are not sure they ever want to get married.

Nearly two-thirds of white evangelical Protestants (64%) say helping to protect Israel should be a very important policy goal for the U.S. in the Middle East, compared with 34% of white mainline Protestants and 36% of white Catholics.

In a poll taken prior to recent Koran-burning-related violence in Afghanistan, the U.S. public divided (40% yes, 42% no) over whether Islam is more likely than other religions to encourage violence among its believers.

Sixteen of the top 20 U.S. newspapers lost overall audience — including online — in 2010.

Racial and ethnic minorities accounted for 91.7% of the nation’s population growth over the past decade.

Hispanics now account for 16.3% of the total U.S. population.

Nearly seven-in-ten Americans have a favorable view of Michelle Obama.