report | Dec 4, 2023
About one-in-four Black households and one-in-seven Hispanic households had no wealth or were in debt in 2021, compared with about one-in-ten U.S. households overall.
short reads | Jul 19, 2023
The food stamp program is one of the larger federal social welfare initiatives, and in its current form has been around for nearly six decades.
report | Mar 24, 2022
Nearly four-in-ten men ages 25 to 29 now live with older relatives.
short reads | Feb 23, 2022
Fewer than half of Black adults say they have a three-month emergency fund, and some have taken multiple jobs to make ends meet.
report | Jan 20, 2022
Immigrants – particularly those from African nations – are a growing share of the U.S. Black population.
short reads | Apr 22, 2021
About six-in-ten Americans (62%) say they favor raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, including 40% who strongly back the idea.
short reads | Mar 18, 2021
The course of the pandemic in India and China will have a substantial effect on changes in the distribution of income at the global level.
short reads | Mar 12, 2021
The $7.25 federal minimum wage is used in just 21 states, which collectively account for about 40% of all U.S. wage and salary workers.
short reads | Nov 30, 2020
In 2019, the share of American children living in poverty was on a downward trajectory, reaching record lows across racial and ethnic groups.
report | Jun 2, 2020
The gender gap in party identification remains the widest in a quarter century.