In a YouGov poll from last month, Americans were asked if they believed former president Trump or current President Joe Biden would handle issues better than the other if elected this year. Biden comes out on top in health care,…
“Excess Mortality” during COVID-19 Varied by Race, Ethnicity, Geography
An additional 573,000 people died in the United States during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic but “excess mortality” at the national level masks substantial variations by state, age, sex, and race and ethnicity, according to new U.S. Census Bureau research recently published…
How Many U.S. Businesses Offer Health Insurance to Employees?
About 86% of U.S. private-sector employees worked for establishments that offered employer-sponsored health insurance, according to a 3-year average based on 2020-2022 data collected by the Insurance Component of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS-IC). At the state level, the…
Nearly 327,000 in U.S. Lived in Emergency and Transitional Shelters
Nearly 327,000 people in the United States experiencing homelessness lived in shelters, a small proportion (0.1%) of the U.S. population from 2018 to 2022 but higher than from 2013 to 2017, according to American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates released…
Gender Pay Gap Similar Among Certificate Degree Graduates and Those from Highly Selective Bachelor Degree Programs But Reasons Why Differ
The gender wage gap — the difference between what men and women earn — is an often-cited marker of the progress women are making in the work force typically measured by comparing the average earnings of men and women. Previous…
Income Inequality Linked to Social Vulnerability to Disasters
The share of residents socially vulnerable to disasters is higher in counties where income inequality is the same as or greater than the national average, according to a U.S. Census Bureau analysis. The analysis of the Census Bureau’s Community Resilience Estimates…