What the data says about immigrants in the U.S.
As of June 2025, the country’s foreign-born population had shrunk by more than a million people, marking its first decline since the 1960s.
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Young Latinos Adopt a New American Pastime: Text Messaging
While half (50%) of young Latinos use text messages to communicate daily, just 21% of older Latinos do the same.
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Latino Digital Divide
Native-born Hispanics are far more likely to use the internet (85%) than are foreign-born Hispanics (51%).
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Was TARP Passed Under Bush or Obama?
Just a third of Americans know that the bank bailout was enacted by the Bush administration; nearly half incorrectly say it was passed under President Obama.
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Chief Justice Thurgood Marshall?
Nearly one-in-ten Americans incorrectly identify former Justice Thurgood Marshall as the chief justice of the Supreme Court.