When you’re a kid, most (if not all) of the people you know who are your age are in the same grade as you. Education paths start to diverge towards the end of high school and after.
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Multiple Income Households
When we hear about household income, it’s usually in an overall context that considers all households at once. However, you can group households in various ways, which can give you a better idea of how your situation might compare to others.
Here’s household income by number of earners in the household, based on data from the 2022 Current Population Survey. The values are adjusted for 2023 dollars.
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When Americans Had Intercourse with Opposite Sex for the First Time
The National Survey of Family Growth, run by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, asks participants about their birth and relationship history.
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When There Were More Deaths Than Births in the U.S.
The two counts have been getting closer to each other. The past couple of years accelerated the process.
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Declining Births
The number of births per month has been decreasing over the past decade. The pandemic seems to have sped up the process in the beginning.
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Change in Age Generations
Since no one has figured out how to defeat time, age generations come and go. This chart shows the generational breakdowns since 1920.
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Where People are Married and Not
About 48% of the U.S. population aged 15 and older is married. I was curious if there were regional variations, so I mapped it.
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Divorce Rates and Income
Divorce rates are tied to job security, age, and occupation, so it should make sense that we see a pattern when we plot divorce rates against income.
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Map of Foreign Students
There are over 1 million international higher-education students enrolled in the United States. This map shows where they reside. Read More
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Age Generation Populations
Based on estimates from the United States Census Bureau released for July 2019, Millennials are the largest living generation in the country now. Read More
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