Race & Ethnicity

As demonstrations continue across the country to protest the death of George Floyd, a black man killed while in Minneapolis police custody, Americans see the protests  both as a reaction to Floyd’s death and an expression of frustration over longstanding issues.

#BlackLivesMatter was used roughly 47.8 million times on Twitter – an average of just under 3.7 million times per day – from May 26 to June 7.

In April, 78% of Americans overall – but 56% of black Americans – said they had confidence in police officers to act in the public's best interests.

We are committed to hearing and addressing the experiences of people of color—as well as confronting racism and working for a better America.

The gender gap in party identification remains the widest in a quarter century.

Relatively few Americans say they have tested positive for coronavirus antibodies, but many more believe they may have been infected.

White evangelical Protestants are slightly less positive about the president's response to the coronavirus pandemic now than in March.

The last year the Postal Service recorded any profit was 2006, and its cumulative losses since then totaled $83.1 billion as of March 31.

More than 11 million Asian Americans will be able to vote this year, making up nearly 5% of the eligible voters in the United States.

There were 1,501 black prisoners for every 100,000 black adults in 2018, down sharply from 2,261 black inmates per 100,000 black adults in 2006.