Broad economic concerns of rural white Americans aligned with cornerstones of the Trump campaign, and the gender gap played a key role in the 2016 narrative.
The share of people completing a college education differs by religion, with members of some faith groups much more educated, on average, than others.
Much of U.S. job growth over the past 25 years has been in occupations that require higher levels of education, training and experience – a trend that seems likely to continue, based on our analysis of official government job-growth projections.
Members of some religious groups on average have a higher household income than others, and those in the richest groups tend to be highly educated.
How scholars, companies and workers are using Mechanical Turk, a ‘gig economy’ platform, for tasks computers can’t handle.
Looking at gender, race and ethnicity combined, all groups, with the exception of Asian men, lag behind white men in terms of median hourly earnings.
There are deep divisions between blacks and whites in how they see racial discrimination, barriers to black progress and prospects for change.
Explore how the opinions of blacks and whites vary by age, education, gender and party identification in key questions from our report.
Hispanics have become more upbeat about their personal finances and their financial future since the Great Recession, with 81% saying that they expect their family's financial situation to improve in the next year.
How the true value of your paycheck is affected by where you live.