Publications

reportJun 13, 2014

1-in-4 Native Americans and Alaska Natives are living in poverty
short readsJun 10, 2014

Number of Latino children caught trying to enter U.S. nearly doubles in less than a year

The number of unaccompanied children from Mexico and Central America who were apprehended at the U.S. border has nearly doubled in less than a year.
reportJun 5, 2014

Big Changes in Stay-at-Home Fatherhood

Not only has the number of stay-at-home fathers nearly doubled in recent years, but fathers who are home with their children are a larger share of stay-at-home parents. This links to a FactTank posting about the numbers and characteristics of stay-at-home fathers, and how they differ from stay-at-home mothers.
reportJun 5, 2014

Growing Number of Dads Home with the Kids

The number of fathers who do not work outside the home has nearly doubled since 1989, rising markedly in recent years. And more of these “stay-at-home” dads say they’re home primarily to care for family.
reportJun 5, 2014

Generation X: America’s Neglected ‘Middle Child’
short readsJun 5, 2014

Generation X: America’s neglected ‘middle child’

Generation X has a gripe with pulse takers, zeitgeist keepers, and population counters. We keep squeezing them out of the frame.
reportJun 4, 2014

Are We There Yet?

This links to a FactTank posting explaining how two government agencies–the Census Bureau and National Center for Health Statistics–have different answers to the question of whether most U.S. babies are minorities. The agencies use different measures, and different methods.
short readsJun 4, 2014

Are minority births the majority yet?

Two years ago, the Census Bureau announced the nation had reached a new demographic tipping point. But new data shows that tipping point may not have arrived yet.
reportJun 4, 2014

Are Minority Births the Majority Yet?
reportMay 30, 2014

Census Will Count Same-sex Spouses with Married Couples

This links to a FactTank posting about the Census Bureau’s plans to categorize same-sex spouses as married couples, a change from its current practice of counting them as unmarried couples.