Wealth Surged in the Pandemic, but Debt Endures for Poorer Black and Hispanic Families
About 1-in-4 Black households and 1-in-7 Hispanic households had no wealth or were in debt in 2021, compared with about 1-in-10 U.S. households overall.
About 1-in-4 Black households and 1-in-7 Hispanic households had no wealth or were in debt in 2021, compared with about 1-in-10 U.S. households overall.
The median wealth of immigrant households increased by 42% from December 2019 to December 2021.
Since 2000, there has been a downward trend in average effective tax rates for all but the richest taxpayers.
To highlight some of India’s religious, cultural and demographic differences, here are key facts about its states.
A growing share of U.S. adults say it’s a bad thing for the country that some people have personal fortunes of a billion dollars or more.
College graduates without a college-educated parent have lower incomes and less wealth, on average, than those with a parent who has a bachelor’s or higher degree.
The gender gap in party identification remains the widest in a quarter century.
On the fundamental question of why some people are rich and others are poor, more Americans point to the advantages they possess – or the obstacles they face – rather than their work ethic. Nearly two-thirds of U.S. adults (65%) say the main reason some people are rich is because they have had more advantages […]
Generation Xers were hit particularly hard in the recession. Yet Gen Xers are the only generation of households to recover the wealth they lost in the downturn.
The U.S. has more foreign students enrolled in its colleges and universities than any other country in the world. Explore data about foreign students in the U.S. higher education system.