Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Following Tennessee’s lead, seven states have moved to guarantee domestic production of all U.S. flags purchased by the state government while one other state, Minnesota seeks to bar all foreign-made flags.
That’s how much more coverage the Texas raid of a polygamist ranch received compared to the ruling later reversing it.
A sizable minority of voters (43%) say Obama’s approach to foreign policy would not be tough enough.
One-in-five online adults have used a search engine to find information about a co-worker, professional colleague, or business competitor.
Among married adult Americans, 27% are in religiously mixed marriages.
Cited by 19% of Muslim Americans, prejudice and discrimination lead the list of the biggest problems that U.S. Muslims say they face, followed by being viewed as terrorists, ignorance about Islam and negative stereotyping.
As has been the case for some time, Americans are close to evenly divided between those who rate their personal finances as only fair or poor (51%) and those who say they are excellent or good (47%).
More than a third of adults say that their home address is available online.
Wealth holds a great attraction for the young, according to a recent Pew Social Trends survey, with 20% of all adults under age 30 saying being wealthy is a top priority for them — easily the largest proportion of any age group.
Nearly half (48%) of Americans of the Hindu faith have a post-graduate education.
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