Economics and Personal Finances

As the nation’s economy contracted at a record rate in recent months, the group’s unemployment rate rose sharply, particularly among Hispanic women, and remains higher among Hispanic workers than U.S. workers overall.

Compared with 2000, suburban populations are less engaged in the labor market, experiencing declining incomes and seeing home values that have not kept pace with those of the central cities.

About half of U.S. adults lived in middle-income households in 2018, according to our new analysis of government data.

Republicans and Democrats remain far apart in their views of the threat to public health posed by the coronavirus outbreak.

Distress levels changed little overall from March to April, but this concealed considerable change at the individual level over this period.

The outbreak has altered life in the U.S. in many ways, but in key respects it has affected black and Hispanic Americans more than others.

Sizable shares say men have more opportunities for high-paying jobs and that men should have preferential treatment when jobs are scarce.

Most Americans say economic problems resulting from the coronavirus outbreak will last for at least six months.

Only 23% say they have emergency funds that would last them three months.

Older Americans are more likely than younger adults to feel their health is at risk, while younger people are focused on economic threats.