Perspective: Domestic
Most Americans Consider Themselves Middle-Class. But Are They?
Chances are that you believe you are in the middle class—nearly everyone in the United States does. Doctors and lawyers believe they are middle-class; so, too, do welders and waiters. In a 2015 Pew survey, only 10 percent of Americans said they considered themselves lower-class and just 1 percent thought they were upper-class.
Early Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Findings from the 2020 Guttmacher Survey of Reproductive Health Experiences
Americans Lost More Years of Life to COVID-19 in 2020 Than to All Accidents Combined in a Typical Year
About 600,000 Americans have died of COVID-19 since the coronavirus outbreak began. But behind that huge figure is a more nuanced one that brings the human toll of the virus into even sharper relief.
53% of Americans Say the Internet Has Been Essential During the COVID-19 Outbreak
A Majority of Young Adults in the U.S. Live With Their Parents For the First Time Since the Great Depression
The coronavirus outbreak has pushed millions of Americans, especially young adults, to move in with family members. The share of 18- to 29-year-olds living with their parents has become a majority since U.S. coronavirus cases began spreading early this year, surpassing the previous peak during the Great Depression era.
How the Coronavirus Outbreak Has – and Hasn’t – Changed the Way Americans Work
How to Protect Essential Workers During COVID-19
Even with COVID-19 requiring social distancing for the weeks or months to come, the United States still requires an enormous class of workers to keep essential services online. The Department of Homeland Security uses a sweeping definition of such essential industries, which collectively employed anywhere from 49 to 62 million workers prior to the COVID-19 outbreak according to our highest estimates. Many of these essential industries will see continued demand for their products and services, the inverse of other industries that cannot operate during a period of social distancing.
Public Sector Employee Views on Finances and Employment Outlook Due to COVID-19
On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak a pandemic. Since then, the United States and countries throughout the world have seen cases of COVID-19 soar. As of June 15, 2020, nearly 8 million cases and 435,000 deaths have been recorded around the world, with the United States accounting for more than 2 million cases and 115,000 deaths. During this time, the crucial role that state and local government workers play in everyday activities has been more visible than usual.
Key Findings About U.S. Immigrants
The United States has more immigrants than any other country in the world. Today, more than 40 million people living in the U.S. were born in another country, accounting for about one-fifth of the world’s migrants. The population of immigrants is also very diverse, with just about every country in the world represented among U.S. immigrants.
Economic Fallout From COVID-19 Continues To Hit Lower-Income Americans the Hardest
Amid Coronavirus Outbreak, Nearly Three-in-Ten Young People Are Neither Working Nor in School
As COVID-19 cases have surged in the United States, young adults face a weakening labor market and an uncertain educational outlook. Between February and June 2020, the share of young adults who are neither enrolled in school nor employed – a measure some refer to as the “disconnection rate” – has more than doubled, according to a new analysis of Census Bureau data by Pew Research Center. Most of the increase is related to job loss among young workers.
About Half of Lower-Income Americans Report Household Job or Wage Loss Due to COVID-19
States’ 2020 Personal Income Growth Was Highest in 20 Years
Every state experienced an uptick in total personal income last year as historic gains in unemployment benefits, federal aid, and other public assistance drove the sharpest annual growth in two decades. Without government support, most states would have sustained declines in personal income—a key economic indicator—as the COVID-19 pandemic took a toll on business activity.
Pandemic-Driven Declines in Tourism Take Toll on Many States' Revenues
The Pace of Boomer Retirements Has Accelerated in the Past Year
More than 70 million Baby Boomers reside in the U.S. Since the time that the oldest Boomers reached age 65, there has been public interest in their impact on the nation’s labor force, public social insurance programs and asset values. The COVID-19 recession resulted in a large and sharp employment contraction across generations. This analysis looked at whether retirements had accelerated among Boomers during the pandemic.
Living Longer: Historical and Projected Life Expectancy in the United States, 1960 to 2060
Should the Federal Workforce Stay Remote? Planning for After the Crisis
Provisional Mortality Data — United States, 2020
States Can Shorten Probation and Protect Public Safety
More than 3.5 million, or 1 in 72, adults were on probation in the United States at the end of 2018—the most recent year for which U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) data is available—more than triple the number in 1980. Nationwide, on any given day, more people are on probation than in prisons and jails and on parole combined.