In Vice President Kamala Harris, we can see how America has changed
Kamala Harris embodies trends that have been unfolding over recent decades. As a result, many Americans can see themselves in her story.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Kamala Harris embodies trends that have been unfolding over recent decades. As a result, many Americans can see themselves in her story.
The drop in employment in three months of the COVID-19 recession is more than double the drop effected by the Great Recession over two years.
The share of Americans who say they know someone else who has been hospitalized or died due to COVID-19 has increased sharply since spring.
About half of Americans see their identity reflected very well in the census’s race and ethnicity questions.
The share of unpartnered mothers who are employed and at work has fallen more precipitously than among other parents.
While the CDC has pointed to some possible factors that may be contributing to this pattern, the public is divided in its perceptions.
Americans who recently protested are more likely to live in an urban area and to identify with or lean toward the Democratic Party.
Black and Hispanic adults are more likely than whites to say they feel a need to change the way they talk around people of other races and ethnicities.
The U.S. Black population is growing. At the same time, how Black people self-identify is changing, with increasing shares considering themselves multiracial or Hispanic.
52% of US adults say it is very or somewhat important that companies and organizations make public statements about political or social issues.
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