Worldwide, a quarter of new car sales are electric vehicles or hybrids
In eight countries, at least half of all new cars sold in 2025 were electric or hybrid. The U.S. reached just 10%, well below the global average of 25%.
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Jenn Hatfield
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Jenn Hatfield is a writer/editor at Pew Research Center.
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Key facts about same-sex marriage around the world, 25 years after the Netherlands legalized it
Twenty-five years after the first nationally recognized same-sex marriages, nearly 40 places now allow them. But their prevalence varies, as do public attitudes.
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Key findings about Puerto Rico
Here are answers to some key questions about Puerto Rico and Puerto Ricans, using data from the U.S. Census Bureau and other sources.
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Far more Americans say they’d like to live in the past than in the future
45% of U.S. adults say that if they could choose, they would live sometime in the past, while 14% say they’d live sometime in the future.
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Striking findings from 2025
Here’s a look back at 2025 through 12 of our most striking research findings.
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More than 9 in 10 LGBTQ adults in the U.S. are ‘out’ to someone
Today, 96% of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer adults in the United States say they have told someone that they are or might be LGBTQ.
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Q&A: How Pew Research Center estimates the number of unauthorized immigrants living in the U.S.
In this Q&A, we speak with Senior Demographer Jeffrey S. Passel about how the Center estimates the number of unauthorized immigrants in the U.S.
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A look at women’s colleges in the U.S.
The number of women’s colleges in the U.S. has declined since the mid-20th century, a result of many becoming coeducational, merging with other institutions or simply closing their doors.
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About 1 in 6 U.S. teachers work second jobs
The share of teachers working second jobs outside the classroom did not change much from before the pandemic.
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6 facts about the U.S. military
Ahead of the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary, here are six facts about the military.
