Twenty-five years after the first nationally recognized same-sex marriages, nearly 40 places now allow them. But their ...

As America turns 250, explore how demographics, work, family and economics have shifted since 1976, based on 50 years of ...

A broad majority of Americans have heard about data centers – the often-sprawling computing facilities that are popping up ...

The federal workforce shrank by 10.3% in 2025, losing nearly 238,000 workers. Among major agencies, the Education department ...

The U.S. Black immigrant population has more than doubled since 2000, reaching 5.6 million in 2024 and now making up 11.4% of ...

In many other surveyed countries, about half of adults or more see gambling as immoral. This includes 89% in Indonesia, 83% in India and 71% in Italy. Nearly everyone in Indonesia, as well as the vast ...

The global population of Buddhists shrank by roughly 5% between 2010 and 2020, the sole major religious group to decline.

Abortion has long been a contentious issue in the United States, and it is one that sharply divides Americans along partisan, ...

Majorities across several religious groups say physician-assisted death is morally permissible ...

* Within the Defense Department but counted separately by OPM. Source: Pew Research Center analysis of Office of Personnel Management data. Fresh data delivered Saturday mornings Thank you for ...

To categorize state laws on abortion, Center researchers referenced data from The New York Times. Data and classifications ...

Note: Figures for new hires exclude people who transferred into publicly reported federal jobs from elsewhere in the federal government. “Separations” includes quits, retirements, terminations and ...