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Hacker News in 2026: the front page in charts
Top sites and posters, the most upvoted and most discussed stories, the best posting times and the topics on the rise.
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What time of day are flights most likely to be delayed?
In the 12 months to August 2026, 8.0% of flights scheduled to leave between 6 and 7 a.m. left 15 or more minutes late, against 35.7% of those leaving between...
Source: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Airline On-Time Performance (Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, 1987–present) · Data as of Aug 31, 2026
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Which months have the most flight delays?
In the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026, flights were most often late in July 2026, when 28.3% arrived 15 or more minutes late, and least often i...
Source: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Airline On-Time Performance (Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, 1987–present) · Data as of Aug 31, 2026
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Which months have the most cancelled flights?
In the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026, U.S. airlines cancelled the largest share of scheduled flights in January 2026, 4.7%, and the smallest i...
Source: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Airline On-Time Performance (Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, 1987–present) · Data as of Aug 31, 2026
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What causes most flight delays?
In the 12 months through August 2026, 39.8% of all minutes of delay came from a late-arriving aircraft: a plane that left its last airport late. The airline ...
Source: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Airline On-Time Performance (Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, 1987–present) · Data as of Aug 31, 2026
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Which US airports have the most delayed departures?
In the 12 months through August 2026, 32.3% of flights leaving Dallas, TX (DAL) left 15 or more minutes late, the most of the 102 U.S. airports with at least...
Source: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Airline On-Time Performance (Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, 1987–present) · Data as of Aug 31, 2026
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Which US airports have the most cancelled flights?
In the 12 months through August 2026, New York, NY (LGA) cancelled 5% of scheduled departures, the most of the 102 U.S. airports with at least 10,000 departu...
Source: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Airline On-Time Performance (Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, 1987–present) · Data as of Aug 31, 2026
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Which airlines have the most delayed flights?
In the 12 months through August 2026, JetBlue had the most late flights: 28.7% arrived 15 or more minutes late, against 18.9% for Delta Air Lines, the fewest...
Source: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Airline On-Time Performance (Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, 1987–present) · Data as of Aug 31, 2026
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Which airlines cancel the most flights?
In the 12 months through August 2026, PSA Airlines cancelled 4.8% of its scheduled flights, the most of any airline, against 0.7% for Allegiant Air. PSA, Env...
Source: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Airline On-Time Performance (Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, 1987–present) · Data as of Aug 31, 2026
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What is the most popular girls' name in each state?
In 2025, the most popular girls' name in each state was given to between 1.0% and 3.6% of the girls born there. The biggest share was Vermont: Charlotte (sta...
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications (state data) · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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What was the most popular girls' name in each decade?
Mary was the top girls' name for eight straight decades, given to about 7% of girls in the 1880s. Since then the top name has had a shrinking share: Lisa in ...
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications (national data) · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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What is the most popular boys' name in each state?
In 2025, of each state's most popular boys' name, the one with the biggest share was Vermont: Oliver, given to 2.9% of the state's boys; the smallest was Ten...
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications (state data) · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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What was the most popular boys' name in each decade?
John was the top boys' name from the 1880s to the 1910s, given to about 8% of boys in the 1880s. Robert, James and Michael followed; Michael led for four dec...
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications (national data) · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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How many babies get one of the year's 10 most popular names?
In 2025, 7.5% of babies got one of that year's 10 most popular names for their sex, down from 35% in 1880 and 29% in 1950. Parents now spread across far more...
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications (national data) · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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Which baby names are rising fastest?
In 2025, Ailany (girls) gained more babies than any other name, 4,530 more than the year before. Eithan (boys) was next, up 2,037, then Cooper (boys), up 1,7...
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications (national data) · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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Which baby names are falling fastest?
In 2025, Liam (boys) lost more babies than any other name: 1,434 fewer than the year before. Dylan (boys) fell by 1,279, and Olivia (girls) by 1,228. This co...
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications (national data) · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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How many babies were given your name each year since 1880?
Type any name to see how many U.S. babies were given it each year since 1880, for girls or boys. Emma, shown first, went from 2,003 girls in 1880 down to 414...
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications (national data) · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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How many banks are there in the U.S.?
There were 3,806 FDIC-insured commercial banks at the end of 2025, down from 14,496 in 1984, the most since the FDIC began in 1934. The number held near 13,0...
Source: FDIC BankFind Suite, historical bank data · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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Which U.S. banks hold the most deposits?
JPMorgan Chase Bank held $2.82 trillion in deposits at the end of June 2026, the most of any U.S. bank, followed by Bank of America ($2.12 trillion), Wells F...
Source: FDIC BankFind Suite, institution data · Data as of Jun 30, 2026
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How much money did the banks that failed each year hold?
The five banks that failed in 2023 held $532 billion in assets, and in 2008 Washington Mutual and 24 other failed banks held $372 billion. In 1989, at the he...
Source: FDIC BankFind Suite, bank failures and assistance data · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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What were the biggest U.S. bank failures?
Washington Mutual Bank (2008) is the biggest U.S. bank failure on record, with $307 billion in assets. Next come First Republic Bank (2023), Silicon Valley B...
Source: FDIC BankFind Suite, bank failures and assistance data · Data as of Jul 17, 2026
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How many U.S. banks have failed each year?
Bank failures peaked at 530 in 1989, during the savings-and-loan crisis, when about 2,400 banks and thrifts failed from 1980 to 1995. The financial crisis br...
Source: FDIC BankFind Suite, bank failures and assistance data · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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How much money is deposited at a U.S. bank?
Type the name of any U.S. bank open today, or of one that failed since 1985, to see its deposits or assets each quarter since 1984, from its reports to regul...
Source: FDIC BankFind Suite, financial data · Data as of Jun 30, 2026
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What were the wettest years on record in the US?
Through 2025, 1973 was the wettest year on record in the contiguous US, with 5.0 inches more rain and melted snow than the 1901–2000 average of 29.9 inches, ...
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Climate at a Glance · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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Which US states have warmed the most?
In the 10 years through 2025, Alaska was among the states that warmed most, averaging 3.3°F warmer than in 1901–2000, while Oklahoma was among those that war...
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Climate at a Glance · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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How have the last 12 months compared with normal in the US?
Of the 12 months from October 2025 to September 2026, March 2026 was the warmest compared with normal across the contiguous US, 9.4°F above its 1901–2000 ave...
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Climate at a Glance · Data as of Sep 30, 2026
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Are US summers getting hotter?
Summer 2026 (June to August) averaged 74.4°F across the contiguous US. The hottest summer since records began in 1895 was 2026, at 74.4°F; 1936, the Dust Bow...
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Climate at a Glance · Data as of Aug 31, 2026
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Is the US getting wetter or drier?
The contiguous US got 29.3 inches of rain and melted snow in 2025; the 1901–2000 average is 29.9 inches. Through 2025, the dashed trend line, the straight li...
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Climate at a Glance · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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How much has the US warmed since 1895?
The contiguous US averaged 54.6°F in 2025. The warmest year since records began in 1895 was 2024, at 55.5°F. Through 2025, the dashed trend line, the straigh...
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Climate at a Glance · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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Which US states are getting wetter or drier?
In the 10 years through 2025, yearly rain and melted snow compared with the 1901–2000 average ranged from 14.7% in Kentucky and 13.7% in Michigan to -12.8% i...
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Climate at a Glance · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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What were the hottest years on record in the US?
Through 2025, 2024 was the hottest year on record in the contiguous US, 3.5°F above the 1901–2000 average of 52.0°F. The 10th hottest, 2006, was 2.2°F above ...
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Climate at a Glance · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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How many clinical trials start each year?
About 31,100 clinical trials registered on ClinicalTrials.gov started in 2025, up from about 11,900 in 2008 and 1,900 in 2000, the registry's first year. Ear...
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (U.S. National Library of Medicine), counted with its API v2 · Data as of Nov 6, 2026
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How many finished clinical trials post their results?
21.5% of the clinical trials completed in 2024 had posted results on ClinicalTrials.gov by November 2026, down from 35.6% of those completed in 2008, when a ...
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (U.S. National Library of Medicine), counted with its API v2 · Data as of Nov 6, 2026
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What share of clinical trials do companies run?
Companies led 19% of the clinical trials that started in 2025, against a high of 39.0% in 2002. Universities, hospitals and nonprofits lead almost all the re...
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (U.S. National Library of Medicine), counted with its API v2 · Data as of Nov 6, 2026
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Who runs clinical trials?
Universities, hospitals and nonprofits lead about 324,000 of the 466,000 clinical trials registered on ClinicalTrials.gov as of November 2026, or 70%. Drug, ...
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (U.S. National Library of Medicine), counted with its API v2 · Data as of Nov 6, 2026
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How many clinical trials are in each phase?
52% of the 466,000 clinical trials registered on ClinicalTrials.gov as of November 2026, some 241,000, have no phase: phases describe drug trials, and these ...
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (U.S. National Library of Medicine), counted with its API v2 · Data as of Nov 6, 2026
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Which diseases get the most clinical trials?
About 85,000 clinical trials registered on ClinicalTrials.gov as of November 2026 study cancer and other tumors, more than any other disease group; brain and...
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (U.S. National Library of Medicine), counted with its API v2 · Data as of Nov 6, 2026
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Which sponsors post their clinical trial results?
Of the clinical trials completed since 2008, up to two years before the data date, 45.5% of those led by companies and 60.9% of those led by the U.S. Nationa...
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (U.S. National Library of Medicine), counted with its API v2 · Data as of Nov 6, 2026
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How big is student debt compared with pay, by major?
Graduates in the 20 most common bachelor's majors borrow similar amounts in federal student loans at the typical college, but their pay differs widely. For t...
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard · Data as of Dec 31, 2023
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How much do graduates of your college owe in student loans?
Search 1,727 colleges that mainly award bachelor's degrees. Graduates who took out federal student loans owed a median of $5,000 at Inter American University...
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard · Data as of Sep 30, 2025
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Which college majors pay the most?
Of the 20 most common bachelor's degree majors, computer science paid the most four years after graduating: a median of $107,009 a year, 2.3 times the $47,38...
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard · Data as of Dec 31, 2023
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What does a year at a public university cost after grants?
At the typical public four-year university in the school year that ended in June 2025, the full cost of a year (tuition, housing, food, books and other costs...
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard · Data as of Jun 30, 2025
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What does a year at a private college cost after grants?
At the typical private nonprofit four-year college in the school year that ended in June 2025, the full cost of a year (tuition, housing, food, books and oth...
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard · Data as of Jun 30, 2025
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What does your college cost a family earning under $30,000?
Search 1,713 colleges that mainly award bachelor's degrees. In the school year that ended in June 2025, students from families earning $30,000 or less paid a...
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard · Data as of Jun 30, 2025
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What does your college cost after grants?
Search 1,769 colleges that mainly award bachelor's degrees. In the school year that ended in June 2025, the average net price, what a year cost after grants ...
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard · Data as of Jun 30, 2025
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How much do students from your college earn 10 years later?
Search 1,782 colleges that mainly award bachelor's degrees. Ten years after starting, former students of Ohio State earned a median of $67,080 a year, and th...
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard · Data as of Dec 31, 2023
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Who leads college football's most-played rivalries?
Of the 20 most-played rivalries between teams now in the FBS, the most one-sided is Tennessee over Kentucky: the leader has won 75.0% of their games in Colle...
Source: CollegeFootballData.com, college football games · Data as of Jan 20, 2026
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How often do ranked college football teams lose to unranked teams?
Unranked FBS teams won 19.7% of their games against AP Top 25 teams in 2025. The share has ranged from 4.5% in 1998 to 25.9% in 2007, and has usually been hi...
Source: CollegeFootballData.com, college football games and AP Top 25 polls · Data as of Jan 20, 2026
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How many points does a college football team score per game?
A college football team scored 26.2 points a game on average in 2025, in regular-season games between two FBS (top-division) teams, up from 9.8 in 1900. Scor...
Source: CollegeFootballData.com, college football games · Data as of Jan 20, 2026
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Which college football rivalries have been played the most?
The Minnesota–Wisconsin rivalry has been played 133 times, through the season that ended in January 2026, the most of any two teams now in the FBS in College...
Source: CollegeFootballData.com, college football games · Data as of Jan 20, 2026
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How often do college football home teams win?
Home teams won 59.7% of regular-season games between two FBS (top-division) teams in 2025, and between 54% and 64% in every season from 1941 to 2025. In 2020...
Source: CollegeFootballData.com, college football games · Data as of Jan 20, 2026
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Which college football conferences won the most games against other conferences over 10 seasons?
Over the 10 seasons through the one that ended in January 2026, the SEC won 72.6% of its games against FBS teams from other conferences, bowls included, ahea...
Source: CollegeFootballData.com, college football games · Data as of Jan 20, 2026
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Which college football conference wins the most games against other conferences?
In the season that ended in January 2026, the Big Ten won 74.1% of its games against FBS teams from other conferences, bowls included, ahead of the SEC at 72...
Source: CollegeFootballData.com, college football games · Data as of Jan 20, 2026
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How many college football games are decided by one score?
36.6% of regular-season games between two FBS (top-division) teams in 2025 were decided by 8 points or fewer, what a touchdown and a two-point conversion can...
Source: CollegeFootballData.com, college football games · Data as of Jan 20, 2026
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How long is the commute to work in your county?
Search any of the 3,143 U.S. counties. In the Census Bureau's five-year survey ending in 2024, workers living in Glascock County, Georgia had the longest ave...
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates · Data as of Dec 31, 2024
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How many people work from home in each state?
In the Census Bureau's five-year survey ending in 2024, 15.1% of U.S. workers usually worked from home. District of Columbia had the highest share, 33.0%, fo...
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates · Data as of Dec 31, 2024
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How long is the commute to work in each state?
In the Census Bureau's five-year survey ending in 2024, workers in New York had the longest average one-way commute, 32.6 minutes, followed by Maryland (31.1...
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates · Data as of Dec 31, 2024
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How fast has Nvidia's revenue grown?
Nvidia's revenue was $216 billion in its fiscal year ended January 2026, 8 times the $27 billion of the year ended January 2023, as demand for its AI chips t...
Source: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR company financial data (XBRL) · Data as of Jan 25, 2026
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Which U.S.-listed companies make the most profit?
Alphabet made the most profit, $132 billion, followed by Nvidia ($120 billion), Apple ($112 billion) and Microsoft ($102 billion). Profit here is net income,...
Source: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR company financial data (XBRL) · Data as of May 31, 2026
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What does any public company report in revenue, profit, cash and buybacks?
Type any U.S.-listed company's name or ticker to see its revenue, profit, cash and stock buybacks each fiscal year, exactly as it reported them to the SEC, w...
Source: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR company financial data (XBRL) · Data as of Sep 26, 2026
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How much cash do the biggest U.S.-listed companies hold?
Of the 25 largest U.S.-listed companies by revenue, JPMorgan Chase held the most cash at the end of its latest fiscal year: $343 billion. Banks such as JPMor...
Source: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR company financial data (XBRL) · Data as of Mar 31, 2026
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Which companies spend the most buying back their own stock?
Apple spent $90.7 billion buying back its own shares in its latest fiscal year, about 2 times as much as Alphabet ($45.7 billion), with Nvidia next ($40.1 bi...
Source: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR company financial data (XBRL) · Data as of Jun 28, 2026
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Which U.S.-listed companies bring in the most revenue?
Amazon brought in $717 billion and Walmart $713 billion in their latest fiscal years, followed by UnitedHealth Group ($448 billion) in third. Each company's ...
Source: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR company financial data (XBRL) · Data as of May 31, 2026
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How much has Apple spent buying back its own stock?
Apple spent $86.4 billion buying back its own shares in its fiscal year ended September 2026, and about $903 billion in all since it began in fiscal 2013. It...
Source: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR company financial data (XBRL) · Data as of Sep 26, 2026
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How much profit has Amazon made each year?
Amazon made $77.7 billion in profit (net income) in 2025, after years of thin or no profit: it lost money in 2012, in 2014 and in 2022, when it lost $2.7 bil...
Source: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR company financial data (XBRL) · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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What do people complain to the CFPB about most?
“Incorrect information on your report” was the most common issue in 2025, named in 2.83 million complaints. Next came “Improper use of your report” (1.1 mill...
Source: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Consumer Complaint Database · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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How many consumer complaints are about credit reports?
88.4% of the complaints the CFPB received in 2025 were about credit reports, up from 50% in 2019 and 13% in 2013. Most said a report had wrong information or...
Source: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Consumer Complaint Database · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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How many complaints does the CFPB get about financial companies each year?
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau received 5.44 million complaints about financial products and companies in 2025, up from 2.73 million in 2024 and 75...
Source: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Consumer Complaint Database · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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What financial products do people complain about most?
Credit reports drew 4.81 million of the 5.44 million complaints the CFPB received in 2025, about 88%. Debt collection came next with 283,204, then credit car...
Source: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Consumer Complaint Database · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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Which companies get the most consumer complaints?
The three national credit bureaus, Equifax (1.68 million), TransUnion (1.6 million) and Experian (1.39 million), drew far more of the complaints the CFPB rec...
Source: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Consumer Complaint Database · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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Which big banks get the most complaints for their size?
Synchrony drew 164 complaints to the CFPB in 2025 for every $1 billion it held in deposits, the most of 23 of the largest U.S. banks that serve households, f...
Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database, with deposits from FDIC BankFind Suite · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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Which U.S. cities of 100,000 or more have the most violent crime?
In 2025 Memphis, TN had the highest violent crime rate of the 313 U.S. cities of 100,000 people or more whose police reported a full year to the FBI, about 1...
Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, Uniform Crime Reporting Program · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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Which U.S. cities of 100,000 or more have the highest murder rates?
In 2025 St. Louis, MO had the highest murder rate of the 313 U.S. cities of 100,000 people or more whose police reported a full year to the FBI, about 51.3 p...
Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, Uniform Crime Reporting Program · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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Which big U.S. cities' murder rates fell most since 2019?
From 2019, the year before murders jumped across the country, to 2025, the murder rate fell most in Baltimore, MD (-58.5%), Corpus Christi, TX (-56.4%) and T...
Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, Uniform Crime Reporting Program · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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Which big U.S. cities' murder rates fell most in the last year?
Of the 79 big U.S. cities (250,000 people or more) whose police reported every month of 2025 and the year before to the FBI, the murder rate fell most in Irv...
Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, Uniform Crime Reporting Program · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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Which big U.S. cities have the most robberies?
In 2025, Baltimore, MD had the highest robbery rate of the 89 biggest U.S. cities whose police reported a full year to the FBI, about 417 per 100,000 people,...
Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, Uniform Crime Reporting Program · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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Which big U.S. cities have the most property crime?
In 2025, Oakland, CA had the highest property crime rate of the 89 biggest U.S. cities whose police reported a full year to the FBI, about 5,255 per 100,000 ...
Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, Uniform Crime Reporting Program · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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Which big U.S. cities have the most car thefts?
In 2025, Oakland, CA had the highest car theft rate of the 89 biggest U.S. cities whose police reported a full year to the FBI, about 1,448 per 100,000 peopl...
Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, Uniform Crime Reporting Program · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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Which big U.S. cities have the most burglaries?
In 2025, Seattle, WA had the highest burglary rate of the 89 biggest U.S. cities whose police reported a full year to the FBI, about 982 per 100,000 people, ...
Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, Uniform Crime Reporting Program · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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Which big U.S. cities have the most violent crime?
In 2025, Memphis, TN had the highest violent crime rate of the 89 biggest U.S. cities whose police reported a full year to the FBI, about 1,853 per 100,000 p...
Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, Uniform Crime Reporting Program · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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Which big U.S. cities have the highest murder rates?
In 2025 St. Louis, MO had the highest murder rate of the 89 biggest U.S. cities whose police reported a full year to the FBI, about 51.3 per 100,000 people, ...
Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, Uniform Crime Reporting Program · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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How has crime changed in your state since 1985?
Choose any state to see its violent and property crime rates each year since 1985, next to the U.S. rate, as police reported them to the FBI. It opens with C...
Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, Uniform Crime Reporting Program · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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Which states have the most robberies?
In 2025, District of Columbia had the highest robbery rate, about 348 per 100,000 people, followed by California (95) and New York (91). Idaho (6), Wyoming (...
Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, Uniform Crime Reporting Program · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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Which states have the highest reported rape rates?
In 2025 Alaska had the highest rate of rapes reported to police, about 122 per 100,000 people, followed by Arkansas (72) and Montana (64). Connecticut (16), ...
Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, Uniform Crime Reporting Program · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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Which states have the most car thefts?
In 2025 District of Columbia had the highest car theft rate, about 698 stolen vehicles per 100,000 people, followed by Nevada (401) and New Mexico (334). Ver...
Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, Uniform Crime Reporting Program · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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Which states have the most burglaries?
In 2025 New Mexico had the highest burglary rate, about 415 per 100,000 people, followed by Oklahoma (368), Washington (319) and Nevada (318). New Hampshire ...
Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, Uniform Crime Reporting Program · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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Which states have the most aggravated assaults?
In 2025 New Mexico had the highest aggravated assault rate, about 531 per 100,000 people, followed by Alaska (523), Arkansas (426) and District of Columbia (...
Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, Uniform Crime Reporting Program · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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Which states have the most violent crime?
In 2025, District of Columbia had the highest violent crime rate, about 806 per 100,000 people, followed by Alaska (736) and New Mexico (648). Maine (95), Co...
Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, Uniform Crime Reporting Program · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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Is violent crime in the U.S. going up or down?
Down, over the long run. Police reported about 329 violent crimes per 100,000 people in 2025, about 59% below the 1991 peak of about 798, and the lowest sinc...
Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, Uniform Crime Reporting Program · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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How much has property crime fallen in the U.S.?
By about 71% since 1991. Police reported about 1,552 burglaries, thefts, car thefts and arsons per 100,000 people in 2025, down from about 5,388 in 1991. In ...
Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, Uniform Crime Reporting Program · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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How has the U.S. murder rate changed since 1985?
Police reported about 4.3 murders per 100,000 people in 2025, the lowest since at least 1985, and down from a peak of about 10.3 in 1991. The rate jumped fro...
Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, Uniform Crime Reporting Program · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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Which states have the most property crime?
In 2025, District of Columbia had the highest property crime rate, about 3,178 burglaries, thefts, car thefts and arsons per 100,000 people, followed by New ...
Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, Uniform Crime Reporting Program · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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Which states have the highest murder rates?
In 2025 District of Columbia had the highest murder rate, about 16.7 per 100,000 people, followed by New Mexico (9.0), Alabama (8.6) and Louisiana (8.1). New...
Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, Uniform Crime Reporting Program · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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Which U.S. states have the most earthquakes?
Alaska had 26,857 earthquakes of magnitude 3 or more in the 10 years through 2025, 6.6 times California's 4,059. Hawaii (3,374) and Oklahoma (1,244) come nex...
Source: U.S. Geological Survey, ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog (ComCat) · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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How many earthquakes does Oklahoma have each year?
Oklahoma had 883 earthquakes of magnitude 3 or more in 2015, after averaging about 1 a year from 1973 to 2008; it had 6 in 2025. USGS scientists link the sur...
Source: U.S. Geological Survey, ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog (ComCat) · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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How many major earthquakes happen each year?
The world had 16 earthquakes of magnitude 7 or more in 2025. Since 1900 the yearly count has ranged from 4 in 1930 to 24 in 2010, with no lasting rise. Quake...
Source: U.S. Geological Survey, ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog (ComCat) · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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How many earthquakes are recorded worldwide each year?
Seismographs recorded 8,556 earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or more around the world in 2025, 2.9 times the 2,987 of 1973, when the U.S. Geological Survey's mod...
Source: U.S. Geological Survey, ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog (ComCat) · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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How much rarer is each step up in earthquake magnitude?
In 2025 the world recorded 6,428 earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 to 4.9, 1,983 of magnitude 5, 129 of magnitude 6, 15 of magnitude 7 and 1 of magnitude 8 or mor...
Source: U.S. Geological Survey, ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog (ComCat) · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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What are the biggest earthquakes since 1900?
The strongest earthquake ever recorded struck Chile in 1960 at magnitude 9.5. Alaska's 1964 quake (9.2) and the 2004 Sumatra and 2011 Japan quakes (9.1 each)...
Source: U.S. Geological Survey, ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog (ComCat) · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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How much of US electricity comes from wind?
Wind made 10.5% of US electricity in 2025, against 10.5% in 2024, 2.3% in 2010 and 0.4% in 2005. Each point is wind's share of all net generation that year; ...
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review (Table 7.2a) · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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Which states get the most electricity from wind and solar?
In 2025 wind and solar made 60.7% of Iowa's electricity, 59.1% of South Dakota's and 51.9% of New Mexico's, against 17.2% across the US and 0.9% in Alabama. ...
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electricity Data Browser (net generation by state) · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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How much of US electricity comes from solar?
Solar made 6.7% of US electricity in 2025, up from 0.6% in 2015 and 2.2% in 2020; before 2012 it was under a tenth of a percent. The chart counts only utilit...
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review (Table 7.2a) · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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How much of US electricity comes from nuclear power?
Nuclear power made 17.7% of US electricity in 2025. Its share grew from almost nothing in 1960 to 19% by 1990, and its highest was 20.6% in 2001. The 2025 fi...
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review (Table 7.2a) · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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Which states get the most electricity from nuclear power?
In 2025 nuclear power made 56.4% of New Hampshire's electricity, 54.2% of South Carolina's and 50.5% of Illinois's, against 17.7% across the US. Many states,...
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electricity Data Browser (net generation by state) · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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Which states get the most electricity from natural gas?
In 2025 natural gas made 87.5% of Rhode Island's electricity, followed by Delaware (85.3%) and Massachusetts (77.3%). Across the US it made 40.8%, and the sm...
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electricity Data Browser (net generation by state) · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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How much of US electricity comes from hydropower?
Hydropower made 5.6% of US electricity in 2025, down from 32% in 1949. In 2025 dams made about as much as they did in 1970, while total generation had nearly...
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review (Table 7.2a) · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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Which states get the most electricity from coal?
In 2025 coal made 86.9% of West Virginia's electricity, followed by Kentucky (66%) and Missouri (63.7%). Across the US it made 16.6%, and some states made no...
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electricity Data Browser (net generation by state) · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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How much of US electricity comes from wind and solar?
Wind and solar made 17.2% of US electricity in 2025, up from 2.3% in 2010 and under 1% through 2007. Solar counts only utility-scale plants, not rooftop pane...
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review (Table 7.2a) · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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Where does US electricity come from?
In 2025 natural gas made 40.8% of US electricity, followed by nuclear (17.7%) and coal (16.6%). Wind made 10.5% and solar 6.7%. Solar counts only utility-sca...
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review (Table 7.2a) · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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How much has a gallon of gas cost in the US since 1990?
Regular gas averaged $4.31 a gallon in October 2026. The monthly average peaked at $4.93 in June 2022 and was lowest at $0.92 in February 1999. Each point av...
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update · Data as of Oct 31, 2026
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How much do US homes pay for electricity?
Homes paid 17.3 cents per kilowatt-hour on average in 2025, about 2 times the 8.6 cents of 2001. Each point is the average residential price across all US ut...
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electricity Data Browser (retail sales) · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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How much of US electricity comes from natural gas?
Natural gas made 40.8% of US electricity in 2025, up from 12.3% in 1990. It passed coal in 2016 to become the largest source, and its highest share was 43.4%...
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review (Table 7.2a) · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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Where in the US is gas most expensive?
In the week of November 2, 2026, regular gas cost $5.30 a gallon on the West Coast and $3.64 on the Gulf Coast, where most US refineries are; the U.S. averag...
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update · Data as of Nov 2, 2026
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Which states pay the most for electricity?
In 2025 homes in Hawaii paid 40.6 cents per kilowatt-hour, 3.4 times the 11.8 cents in North Dakota. The US average was 17.3 cents; California and Massachuse...
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electricity Data Browser (retail sales) · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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How much of US electricity comes from coal?
Coal made 16.6% of US electricity in 2025, down from a peak of 56.9% in 1988 and 48.5% as late as 2007. Natural gas overtook it in 2016. Each point is coal's...
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review (Table 7.2a) · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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How big is the federal debt compared with the economy?
At the end of fiscal 2026 the federal debt was 125% of a year's GDP, everything the U.S. economy produces in a year. It fell from 96% in 1948 to a low of 32%...
Source: U.S. Treasury Fiscal Data, Historical Debt Outstanding; GDP from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (NIPA Table 1.1.5) · Data as of Sep 30, 2026
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Who owns the US national debt?
At the end of August 2026 the federal debt was $40.2 trillion. Other U.S. investors (banks, mutual funds, pension funds, state and local governments and peop...
Source: U.S. Treasury Fiscal Data, Debt to the Penny; U.S. Treasury, TIC Major Foreign Holders of Treasury Securities; Federal Reserve Bank of New York, SOMA Holdings · Data as of Aug 31, 2026
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When will Social Security's trust funds run out?
The Trustees' latest projection has Social Security's combined trust funds down to $183 billion at the end of 2033 and running out the year after. Their rese...
Source: Social Security Administration, 2026 OASDI Trustees Report, Table VI.G2 (combined OASI and DI Trust Funds, intermediate assumptions) · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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How much US debt does the Federal Reserve own?
The Federal Reserve held $4.58 trillion of Treasury securities on November 4, 2026, compared with a peak of $5.77 trillion in May 2022. Its holdings jumped w...
Source: Federal Reserve Bank of New York, System Open Market Account (SOMA) Holdings · Data as of Nov 4, 2026
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How much US debt does Japan own?
Japan held $1.07 trillion of U.S. Treasury securities in August 2026, up from $326 billion in March 2000. Its holdings peaked at $1.33 trillion in November 2...
Source: U.S. Treasury, Treasury International Capital (TIC) System, Major Foreign Holders of Treasury Securities · Data as of Aug 31, 2026
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How much US debt does China own?
Mainland China held $591 billion of U.S. Treasury securities in August 2026, compared with its peak of $1.32 trillion in November 2013. In March 2000 it held...
Source: U.S. Treasury, Treasury International Capital (TIC) System, Major Foreign Holders of Treasury Securities · Data as of Aug 31, 2026
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How much US debt do foreign countries own?
Foreign investors, governments and private buyers together, held $9.33 trillion of U.S. Treasury securities in August 2026, about 8 times the $1.25 trillion ...
Source: U.S. Treasury, Treasury International Capital (TIC) System, Major Foreign Holders of Treasury Securities · Data as of Aug 31, 2026
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Which countries own the most US debt?
In August 2026 Japan held $1.07 trillion of U.S. Treasury securities, the most of any country, followed by United Kingdom ($1.01 trillion) and China, Mainlan...
Source: U.S. Treasury, Treasury International Capital (TIC) System, Major Foreign Holders of Treasury Securities · Data as of Aug 31, 2026
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How big is the US national debt?
At the end of fiscal year 2026 the debt was $40.2 trillion, about 4 times the $10 trillion of 2008. In 1835 it had been paid down to about $34,000. Each poin...
Source: U.S. Treasury Fiscal Data, Historical Debt Outstanding · Data as of Sep 30, 2026
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How much federal debt is there per American?
In fiscal 2025 the federal debt came to about $110,100 for every person in the US, up from $33,000 in 2008 and $1,585 in 1960. It is the debt at the end of e...
Source: U.S. Treasury Fiscal Data, Historical Debt Outstanding; population from the World Bank (SP.POP.TOTL) · Data as of Sep 30, 2025
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What interest rate does the US government pay on its debt?
The average interest rate on all federal debt was 3.53% at the end of fiscal 2026, compared with a low of 1.61% in 2021 and 6.06% in 2001, when this Treasury...
Source: U.S. Treasury Fiscal Data, Average Interest Rates on U.S. Treasury Securities · Data as of Sep 30, 2026
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How much does the federal government spend each year?
The federal government spent $7.4 trillion in fiscal 2026, up from $3.69 trillion in 2015. The jump to $6.55 trillion in 2020 was largely pandemic relief. No...
Source: U.S. Treasury Fiscal Data, Monthly Treasury Statement (Table 9) · Data as of Sep 30, 2026
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Where does federal spending go?
Social Security was the biggest item in fiscal 2026 at $1.67 trillion, out of $7.4 trillion in total. Next came Medicare ($1.07 trillion), Net Interest ($1.0...
Source: U.S. Treasury Fiscal Data, Monthly Treasury Statement (Table 9) · Data as of Sep 30, 2026
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How much money does the federal government collect each year?
The government collected $5.4 trillion in fiscal 2026, up from $3.25 trillion in 2015. Not adjusted for inflation; Treasury's API has these monthly statement...
Source: U.S. Treasury Fiscal Data, Monthly Treasury Statement (Table 9) · Data as of Sep 30, 2026
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Where does federal revenue come from?
Individual income taxes brought in $2.85 trillion of the government's $5.4 trillion in fiscal 2026, about 53%. Payroll taxes for Social Security, Medicare an...
Source: U.S. Treasury Fiscal Data, Monthly Treasury Statement (Table 9) · Data as of Sep 30, 2026
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How much does the US government pay in interest each year?
The government spent $1.36 trillion on interest in fiscal 2026, 3.3 times the $414 billion of 2010, as both the debt and interest rates rose. This counts int...
Source: U.S. Treasury Fiscal Data, Interest Expense on the Public Debt Outstanding · Data as of Sep 30, 2026
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How big is the federal deficit each year?
The government spent $1.99 trillion more than it collected in fiscal 2026. The gap reached $3.13 trillion in 2020, during the pandemic. The deficit is spendi...
Source: U.S. Treasury Fiscal Data, Monthly Treasury Statement (Table 9) · Data as of Sep 30, 2026
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Which companies have had the most FDA food recalls?
Whole Foods Market has had the most FDA food recalls since June 2012, 64 through October 28, 2026, followed by Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. (41) and The Kroger...
Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Enforcement Reports (openFDA food recall data) · Data as of Oct 28, 2026
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How many food recalls are for salmonella each year?
The FDA classified 77 food recalls for salmonella in 2025; the most since 2013 was 80 in 2016. Salmonella is a germ that causes food poisoning, often from eg...
Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Enforcement Reports (openFDA food recall data) · Data as of Oct 28, 2026
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How many food recalls are for listeria each year?
The FDA classified 63 food recalls for listeria in 2025; the most since 2013 was 139 in 2016. Listeria is a germ that can grow in the refrigerator and is mos...
Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Enforcement Reports (openFDA food recall data) · Data as of Oct 21, 2026
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How many food recalls are for undeclared allergens each year?
The FDA classified 190 food recalls in 2025 for an allergen left off the label, such as milk, peanuts, tree nuts, wheat, soy, eggs, fish, shellfish or sesame...
Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Enforcement Reports (openFDA food recall data) · Data as of Oct 28, 2026
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How many drug recalls are there each month?
The FDA classified 38 drug recalls in September 2026. Since January 2025, the monthly count has ranged from 17 in February 2026 to 44 in July 2026. Each reca...
Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Enforcement Reports (openFDA drug recall data) · Data as of Oct 28, 2026
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How many food recalls are there each month?
The FDA classified 46 food recalls in September 2026. Since January 2025, the monthly count has ranged from 30 in May 2025 to 69 in October 2025. Each recall...
Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Enforcement Reports (openFDA food recall data) · Data as of Oct 28, 2026
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Why is food recalled?
The most common reason is “allergen not on the label”: 2,501 of the 7,081 food recalls the FDA classified from 2013 through 2025, about 35%. Listeria (847) a...
Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Enforcement Reports (openFDA food recall data) · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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Why are drugs recalled?
The most common reason in the 4,274 drug recalls the FDA classified from 2013 through 2025 was “not made under good manufacturing practices”: 673 recalls, ab...
Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Enforcement Reports (openFDA drug recall data) · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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Which side effects are reported most for metformin?
Nausea (30,587 reports) and diarrhea (28,674) are the reactions named most often in reports to the FDA, as of September 2026, that list a medicine containing...
Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) via openFDA · Data as of Sep 30, 2026
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Which side effects are reported most for lisinopril?
Fatigue (20,635 reports), nausea and diarrhea are the reactions named most often in reports to the FDA, as of September 2026, that list lisinopril (Zestril, ...
Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) via openFDA · Data as of Sep 30, 2026
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How serious are food recalls?
Of the 7,081 food recalls the FDA classified from 2013 through 2025, 2,885 (about 41%) were Class I, meaning the food could cause serious harm or death, as w...
Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Enforcement Reports (openFDA food recall data) · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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How many food recalls are there each year?
The FDA classified 575 food recalls in 2025; the busiest year since 2013 was 2016, with 782. About 4 in 10 food recalls from 2013 to 2025 were Class I, the m...
Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Enforcement Reports (openFDA food recall data) · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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How many drug recalls are there each year?
The FDA classified 327 drug recalls in 2025, and between about 260 and 390 each year from 2013 to 2025. Most are Class II, which could cause temporary or min...
Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Enforcement Reports (openFDA drug recall data) · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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Which side effects are reported most for atorvastatin?
Fatigue (14,619 reports), nausea and diarrhea are the reactions named most often in the reports to the FDA, as of September 2026, that list atorvastatin (Lip...
Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) via openFDA · Data as of Sep 30, 2026
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How many overdose deaths involve prescription opioids?
6,852 overdose deaths in the US in the 12 months ending May 2026 involved natural and semi-synthetic opioids, the group that includes prescription painkiller...
Source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics, Provisional drug overdose death counts · Data as of May 31, 2026
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Which drugs are involved in US overdose deaths?
In the 12 months ending May 2026, fentanyl and other synthetic opioids were involved in 33,959 US overdose deaths, more than any other drug, followed by meth...
Source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics, Provisional drug overdose death counts · Data as of May 31, 2026
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How many overdose deaths involve methamphetamine?
23,939 overdose deaths in the US in the 12 months ending May 2026 involved methamphetamine or a similar stimulant such as amphetamine. That compares with a p...
Source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics, Provisional drug overdose death counts · Data as of May 31, 2026
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How many overdose deaths involve heroin?
1,684 overdose deaths in the US in the 12 months ending May 2026 involved heroin, 90% below the peak of about 16,200 in the 12 months ending June 2017. A dea...
Source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics, Provisional drug overdose death counts · Data as of May 31, 2026
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Which age groups have the highest drug overdose death rates?
In the 12 months through June 2025, people aged 35–44 had the highest drug overdose death rate, 39.4 deaths per 100,000 people that age, followed by ages 45–...
Source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics, Quarterly provisional estimates of mortality · Data as of Jun 30, 2025
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How many overdose deaths involve cocaine?
18,911 overdose deaths in the US in the 12 months ending May 2026 involved cocaine, against a peak of about 30,500 in the 12 months ending August 2023 and 5,...
Source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics, Provisional drug overdose death counts · Data as of May 31, 2026
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How does heart disease compare with cancer as a cause of death in the US?
In 1950 there were about 3 heart disease deaths for every cancer death in the US. By 2018 there were 1.1, because the heart disease death rate fell much fast...
Source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics, Age-adjusted death rates for selected major causes of death · Data as of Dec 31, 2018
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How has the US heart disease death rate changed since 1900?
The US heart disease death rate peaked in 1950 at 588.8 deaths per 100,000 people and fell 72% to 163.6 by 2018, when heart disease was still the leading cau...
Source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics, Age-adjusted death rates for selected major causes of death · Data as of Dec 31, 2018
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How has the US death rate from flu and pneumonia changed since 1900?
Influenza and pneumonia killed 297.5 people per 100,000 in 1900 and 612.4 in 1918, the year of the influenza pandemic. By 2018 the rate was 14.9, about 95% l...
Source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics, Age-adjusted death rates for selected major causes of death · Data as of Dec 31, 2018
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What do Americans aged 85 and over die of most often?
In the 12 months through June 2025, heart disease was the leading cause of death for Americans aged 85 and over, at 3,759 deaths per 100,000 people that age,...
Source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics, Quarterly provisional estimates of mortality · Data as of Jun 30, 2025
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What do Americans aged 45 to 54 die of most often?
In the 12 months through June 2025, cancer (79.6 deaths per 100,000 people aged 45 to 54) and heart disease (72.0) were the leading causes of death in this a...
Source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics, Quarterly provisional estimates of mortality · Data as of Jun 30, 2025
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What do young Americans aged 15 to 24 die of most often?
In the 12 months through June 2025, the leading cause of death for Americans aged 15 to 24 was unintentional injuries, at 24.0 deaths per 100,000 people that...
Source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics, Quarterly provisional estimates of mortality · Data as of Jun 30, 2025
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How has the US cancer death rate changed since 1900?
The US cancer death rate rose from 114.8 deaths per 100,000 people in 1900 to a peak of 216.0 in 1990, then fell 31% to 149.1 by 2018. Rates are age-adjusted...
Source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics, Age-adjusted death rates for selected major causes of death · Data as of Dec 31, 2018
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How long do Americans live, and how has that changed since 1900?
A baby born in the US in 2018 could expect to live 78.7 years, up from 47.3 in 1900. The sharpest drop was in 1918, to 39.1 years, during the influenza pande...
Source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics, Death rates and life expectancy at birth · Data as of Dec 31, 2018
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How many Americans die of drug overdoses each year?
65,351 people died of drug overdoses in the US in the 12 months ending May 2026, about 41% fewer than at the peak of about 111,500 in the 12 months ending Ju...
Source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics, Provisional drug overdose death counts · Data as of May 31, 2026
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How has the US teen birth rate changed since 1940?
There were 12.6 births per 1,000 females aged 15 to 19 in 2024. The rate has fallen about 80% since 1991 (61.8) and about 87% since its 1957 peak (96.3).
Source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics, Birth rates for females by age group and Health, United States · Data as of Dec 31, 2024
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What do Americans die of most often?
In the 12 months through June 2025, heart disease (204 deaths per 100,000 people) and cancer (183) were the leading causes of death in the US, and unintentio...
Source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics, Quarterly provisional estimates of mortality · Data as of Jun 30, 2025
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How many overdose deaths involve fentanyl and similar drugs?
33,959 overdose deaths in the US in the 12 months ending May 2026 involved synthetic opioids other than methadone, mostly illegally made fentanyl. The peak w...
Source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics, Provisional drug overdose death counts · Data as of May 31, 2026
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Which states have the highest drug overdose death rates?
In the 12 months through June 2025, Alaska had the highest drug overdose death rate, 43.6 deaths per 100,000 people, followed by New Mexico (41.9) and West V...
Source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics, Quarterly provisional estimates of mortality · Data as of Jun 30, 2025
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At what ages do American women have babies?
In 2024 women aged 30–34 had the highest birth rate, 93.7 births per 1,000 women, ahead of women aged 25–29 (89.5). The rate was 12.6 for teens aged 15 to 19...
Source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics, Health, United States (birth and fertility rates) · Data as of Dec 31, 2024
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Are more women in their early 40s having babies?
There were 12.7 births per 1,000 women aged 40 to 44 in 2024, 3.3 times the low of 3.8 in 1981. In the 1940s and 1950s it was about 15 to 16, when larger fam...
Source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics, Birth rates for females by age group and Health, United States · Data as of Dec 31, 2024
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Which big U.S. cities have the highest rent?
Of the 332 U.S. cities with 100,000 people or more, median rent including utilities was highest in San Mateo, CA, $3,077 a month, followed by Sunnyvale, CA (...
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates · Data as of Dec 31, 2024
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Which big U.S. cities have the most expensive homes?
Of the 332 U.S. cities with 100,000 people or more, the typical owner-occupied home was worth the most in Sunnyvale, CA, $1,801,800, followed by San Mateo, C...
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates · Data as of Dec 31, 2024
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How much is rent in your county?
Search any of the 3,137 U.S. counties. In the Census Bureau's 5-year survey ending in 2024, median rent including utilities was highest in San Mateo County, ...
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates · Data as of Dec 31, 2024
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What is the typical home worth in your county?
Search any of the 3,139 U.S. counties. In the Census Bureau's 5-year survey ending in 2024, the typical owner-occupied home was worth the most in Teton Count...
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates · Data as of Dec 31, 2024
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How much have U.S. home prices risen since 1975?
In the second quarter of 2026, FHFA's index of U.S. home prices reached 720, about 12 times its level in early 1975 (the index is 100 in the first quarter of...
Source: Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), House Price Index, all-transactions index for the U.S. · Data as of Jun 30, 2026
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Where have home prices risen most in 10 years?
Over the 10 years to June 2026, home prices rose most in Idaho (152.5%), followed by Maine (122.8%) and Utah (120.9%), on FHFA's index. They rose least in Lo...
Source: Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), House Price Index, all-transactions index by state · Data as of Jun 30, 2026
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Where did home prices rise most in the last year?
In the year to June 2026, the change in home prices was highest in Hawaii (8.7%), West Virginia (8.0%) and Illinois (6.0%), on FHFA's index, and lowest in Co...
Source: Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), House Price Index, all-transactions index by state · Data as of Jun 30, 2026
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How much of their income do renters spend on rent in each state?
In the Census Bureau's five-year survey ending in 2024, the typical renter household in Florida spent 35.2% of its income on rent and utilities, the most of ...
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates · Data as of Dec 31, 2024
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How much is rent in each state?
In the Census Bureau's 5-year survey ending in 2024, median rent including utilities was highest in California, $2,036 a month, followed by Hawaii ($1,971) a...
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates · Data as of Dec 31, 2024
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What is the typical home worth in each state?
In the Census Bureau's 5-year survey ending in 2024, the typical owner-occupied home in Hawaii was worth $839,100, the most of any state, followed by Distric...
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates · Data as of Dec 31, 2024
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Which big U.S. cities have the highest household income?
Of the 332 U.S. cities with 100,000 people or more, the typical household earned the most in Sunnyvale, CA, $186,170 a year, followed by Fremont, CA ($181,50...
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates · Data as of Dec 31, 2024
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What share of people live in poverty in your county?
Search any of the 3,144 U.S. counties. In the Census Bureau's five-year survey ending in 2024, Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota had the highest share of pe...
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates · Data as of Dec 31, 2024
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What share of people live in poverty in each state?
In the Census Bureau's five-year survey ending in 2024, 12.5% of people in the U.S. lived below the official poverty line. Louisiana (18.9%) and Mississippi ...
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates · Data as of Dec 31, 2024
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What is the typical household income in each state?
In the Census Bureau's 5-year survey ending in 2024, the typical household in District of Columbia earned $109,870 a year, the most, followed by Massachusett...
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates · Data as of Dec 31, 2024
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What is the typical household income in your county?
Search any of the 3,143 U.S. counties. In the Census Bureau's 5-year survey ending in 2024, Loudoun County, Virginia, had the highest median household income...
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates · Data as of Dec 31, 2024
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What share of federal income tax do the top 1% of earners pay?
The 1% of tax returns with the highest incomes paid 38.4% of all federal income tax in tax year 2023, up from 33.2% in 2001. Their share reached 45.8% in 202...
Source: IRS Statistics of Income, Table 4.1 (individual returns by income percentile) · Data as of Dec 31, 2023
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How much of the federal income tax does each income group pay?
In tax year 2023, the 1% of tax returns with the highest incomes paid 38.4% of all federal income tax, the next 9% paid 32.1%, the next 40% paid 26.2% and th...
Source: IRS Statistics of Income, Table 4.1 (individual returns by income percentile) · Data as of Dec 31, 2023
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How many federal income tax returns are filed each year?
About 153 million individual income tax returns were filed for tax year 2023, up from 119 million for 2001. The jump to 157 million for 2020 came as many peo...
Source: IRS Statistics of Income, Table 4.1 (individual returns by income percentile) · Data as of Dec 31, 2023
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What average income tax rate does each income group pay?
In tax year 2023, the 0.1% of tax returns with the highest incomes paid 26.7% of their adjusted gross income in federal income tax, on average. The rate was ...
Source: IRS Statistics of Income, Table 4.1 (individual returns by income percentile) · Data as of Dec 31, 2023
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Which states report the highest average income on tax returns?
In tax year 2023, tax returns filed from District of Columbia reported the highest average income, $143,300, followed by Connecticut ($121,733) and Massachus...
Source: IRS Statistics of Income, Historic Table 2 (individual income and tax data by state) · Data as of Dec 31, 2023
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What is the average income on tax returns in your ZIP code?
Type any ZIP code to see the average income on the tax returns filed from it in tax year 2023, next to its state's and the U.S. average of $96,717. ZIP code ...
Source: IRS Statistics of Income, individual income tax ZIP code data · Data as of Dec 31, 2023
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How much has US rent gone up since 1947?
Rent in September 2026 was 18 times its level in January 1947, the first year BLS priced rent every month, and 2.5 times its level of January 2000. This is t...
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index (rent of primary residence) · Data as of Sep 30, 2026
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How much have US consumer prices risen since 1913?
Consumer prices in September 2026 were 34 times their level in January 1913, when the Consumer Price Index begins: what cost $1 then cost about $34 in 2026. ...
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index (CPI-U, all items) · Data as of Sep 30, 2026
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How fast are US prices rising?
The inflation rate was 3.7% in September 2026: how much consumer prices changed from the same month a year earlier. Each point makes that comparison, back to...
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index (CPI-U, all items) · Data as of Sep 30, 2026
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How fast is rent going up in the US?
Rent changed by 2.8% in the 12 months to September 2026. Each point compares a month with the same month a year earlier, starting in 1949, the first year BLS...
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index (rent of primary residence) · Data as of Sep 30, 2026
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Which everyday prices rose the most over the past year?
In the 12 months to September 2026, the biggest price changes were for gasoline (34.2%) and airline fares (22.4%), while overall inflation was 3.7%. At the o...
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) · Data as of Sep 30, 2026
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How much does a dozen eggs cost in the US?
A dozen grade A large eggs averaged $2.27 in September 2026. The record so far is $6.23 in March 2025; prices spiked in 2023 and 2025 when bird flu cut the n...
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI Average Price Data (eggs, grade A, large) · Data as of Sep 30, 2026
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How fast is car insurance getting more expensive?
Car insurance prices changed by -5% in the 12 months to September 2026 (a minus sign means they fell). Their fastest rise since 1976 came in April 2024, when...
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index (motor vehicle insurance) · Data as of Sep 30, 2026
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What does the Treasury yield curve look like today?
On November 5, 2026, a 3-month Treasury bill paid 4.17% a year, a 2-year note 4.46%, a 10-year note 4.84% and a 30-year bond 5.25%. Longer loans to the gover...
Source: U.S. Treasury, Daily Treasury Par Yield Curve Rates · Data as of Nov 5, 2026
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When has the Treasury yield curve been inverted?
The yield curve is inverted when short-term Treasury rates are higher than long-term ones: lending to the government for 2 years pays more a year than lendin...
Source: Federal Reserve Board, H.15 Selected Interest Rates (monthly averages) · Data as of Oct 31, 2026
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How much have Treasury rates changed in the past year?
Over the year to November 5, 2026, the changes in Treasury rates ranged from 0.88 percentage points for 3 yr loans to 0.03 for 1 mo loans (a minus sign means...
Source: U.S. Treasury, Daily Treasury Par Yield Curve Rates · Data as of Nov 5, 2026
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What is the federal funds rate?
The federal funds rate averaged 3.88% a year in October 2026, down from 4.09% in October 2025. It is the rate banks charge each other for overnight loans, wh...
Source: Federal Reserve Board, H.15 Selected Interest Rates (monthly averages) · Data as of Oct 31, 2026
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What interest rate does a 30-year Treasury bond pay?
The 30-year Treasury rate averaged 5.47% a year in October 2026, up from 4.64% in October 2025. It peaked at 14.68% in October 1981 and fell to a low of 1.27...
Source: Federal Reserve Board, H.15 Selected Interest Rates (monthly averages) · Data as of Oct 31, 2026
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What interest rate does a 3-month Treasury bill pay?
The 3-month Treasury bill rate averaged 4.05% a year in October 2026, up from 3.82% in October 2025. It moves closely with the Federal Reserve's policy rate....
Source: Federal Reserve Board, H.15 Selected Interest Rates (monthly averages) · Data as of Oct 31, 2026
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What interest rate does a 2-year Treasury note pay?
The 2-year Treasury rate averaged 4.74% a year in October 2026, up from 3.52% in October 2025. It tends to follow where investors expect the Federal Reserve ...
Source: Federal Reserve Board, H.15 Selected Interest Rates (monthly averages) · Data as of Oct 31, 2026
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What interest rate does a 10-year Treasury note pay?
The 10-year Treasury rate averaged 5.13% a year in October 2026, up from 4.06% in October 2025. Mortgage rates and other long-term loan rates tend to move wi...
Source: Federal Reserve Board, H.15 Selected Interest Rates (monthly averages) · Data as of Oct 31, 2026
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How many jobs did the US add each month?
U.S. employers added 165 thousand jobs in October 2026, by the latest estimate, after adding 60 thousand in September 2026. Each point is the change in the n...
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics (total nonfarm payroll employment) · Data as of Oct 31, 2026
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How much do US workers earn an hour?
Private-sector employees earned an average of $38.00 an hour in October 2026, 3.1% more than in October 2025 and 1.9 times the $20.04 of March 2006, when the...
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics (average hourly earnings of all employees, total private) · Data as of Oct 31, 2026
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What is the US unemployment rate?
4.1% of the US labor force was unemployed in October 2026, against 4.4% in September 2025. Since the monthly rate began in 1948 it peaked at 14.8% in April 2...
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey · Data as of Oct 31, 2026
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Which states have the highest unemployment?
In September 2026, District of Columbia had the highest unemployment rate, 5.6%, followed by California (5.1%) and Connecticut (5.1%). South Dakota had the l...
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics · Data as of Sep 30, 2026
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How much does a typical US full-time worker earn each week?
The typical (median) full-time worker earned $1,232 a week in the third quarter of 2026, up from $234 in early 1979, about 5.3 times as much. That is in doll...
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Usual Weekly Earnings (Current Population Survey) · Data as of Sep 30, 2026
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Which kinds of jobs pay the most in the US?
In May 2025 the typical (median) management job paid $126,520 a year, 3.6 times the $35,050 of the typical food preparation and serving job. Across all occup...
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics · Data as of May 31, 2025
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How much does NIH spend on medical research each year?
NIH funded $42.2 billion of research projects in fiscal 2025, up from $27.8 billion in 2012, before adjusting for inflation. The most in a year was $43.6 bil...
Source: NIH RePORTER (National Institutes of Health) · Data as of Sep 30, 2025
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How much does NIH spend on opioid research?
NIH funded $825 million of opioid research in fiscal 2025. The category began in fiscal 2018, when NIH launched its HEAL Initiative on addiction and pain par...
Source: NIH RePORTER (National Institutes of Health), Research, Condition, and Disease Categorization (RCDC) · Data as of Sep 30, 2025
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Which states get the most NIH research money?
California's universities, hospitals and companies received $5.25 billion of NIH research funding in fiscal 2025, the most of any state, followed by New York...
Source: NIH RePORTER (National Institutes of Health) · Data as of Sep 30, 2025
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Which NIH institutes spend the most on research?
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) spent the most of NIH's institutes and centers in fiscal 2025, $6.6 billion of the $42.2 billion in research projects, fo...
Source: NIH RePORTER (National Institutes of Health) · Data as of Sep 30, 2025
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How much does NIH spend researching major diseases?
Cancer research got the most NIH money of these major diseases in fiscal 2025, $6.97 billion, followed by HIV/AIDS ($3.95 billion) and Alzheimer's and relate...
Source: NIH RePORTER (National Institutes of Health), Research, Condition, and Disease Categorization (RCDC) · Data as of Sep 30, 2025
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How much has NIH's Alzheimer's research funding grown?
NIH funded $2.99 billion of research on Alzheimer's disease and related dementias in fiscal 2025, 5.8 times the $518 million in 2015, the first year of this ...
Source: NIH RePORTER (National Institutes of Health), Research, Condition, and Disease Categorization (RCDC) · Data as of Sep 30, 2025
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How many people visit America's national parks each year?
Today's 63 national parks had 93.9 million recreation visits in 2025, against the record 94.3 million of 2024 and 52.6 million in 1979, when monthly counts b...
Source: National Park Service, Visitor Use Statistics · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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Which months are busiest in the national parks?
July was the busiest month of 2025 at the 63 national parks, with 13.9 million recreation visits, about 15% of the year's total and 4.7 times the 2.98 millio...
Source: National Park Service, Visitor Use Statistics · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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How many visits does the whole National Park System get each year?
All the sites the National Park Service runs, from national parks to monuments, parkways, seashores and memorials, had 323 million recreation visits in 2025,...
Source: National Park Service, Visitor Use Statistics · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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Which national parks get the most visitors?
Great Smoky Mountains had 11.5 million recreation visits in 2025, the most of the 63 national parks and 2.3 times as many as the next, Zion (4.98 million). Y...
Source: National Park Service, Visitor Use Statistics · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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Which National Park Service sites get the most visitors?
Blue Ridge Parkway had 16.5 million recreation visits in 2025, the most of any site the National Park Service runs, ahead of Golden Gate National Recreation ...
Source: National Park Service, Visitor Use Statistics · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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Which national parks grew fastest over 10 years?
Over the 10 years to 2025, Redwood's recreation visits grew 128%, the most of the parks compared. Hot Springs (76%), Kings Canyon (67%), Pinnacles (66%) and ...
Source: National Park Service, Visitor Use Statistics · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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How has your NFL team done each season since 1999?
Choose any NFL team to see its points scored, points allowed and wins each regular season since 1999, next to the NFL average. It opens with the Kansas City ...
Source: nflverse, NFL schedules and scores (nflverse-data) · Data as of Jan 4, 2026
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How many points does an NFL team score per game?
An NFL team scored 23.0 points a game on average in the 2025 regular season, up from 20.8 in 1999. The high since 1999 was 24.8, in 2020; in 2020, a season p...
Source: nflverse, NFL schedules and scores (nflverse-data) · Data as of Jan 4, 2026
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How often do NFL teams pass instead of run?
Passes were 56.2% of NFL passing and running plays in the 2025 regular season, against a high of 59.3% in 2016 and 1999's 57.0%. Sacks count as passes and qu...
Source: nflverse, NFL team season stats (nflverse-data) · Data as of Jan 4, 2026
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How often do NFL teams try 50-yard field goals?
NFL games had 0.98 field goal tries of 50 yards or longer each in the 2025 regular season, both teams together, against 1999's 0.34. Counting per game means ...
Source: nflverse, NFL team season stats (nflverse-data) · Data as of Jan 4, 2026
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How often are 50-yard NFL field goals good?
NFL kickers made 68.8% of field goal tries of 50 yards or longer in the 2025 regular season, up from 48.8% in 1999; the best season since 1999 was 2024, at 6...
Source: nflverse, NFL team season stats (nflverse-data) · Data as of Jan 4, 2026
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How often do NFL home teams win?
Home teams won 53.8% of NFL regular-season games in 2025; from 1999 to 2018 they usually won 55% to 60%. In 2020, played mostly without fans, it fell to 50.4...
Source: nflverse, NFL schedules and scores (nflverse-data) · Data as of Jan 4, 2026
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Which NFL teams scored the most points in a season?
Of every NFL team since 1999, the 2013 Denver Broncos scored the most points per game: 37.9, followed by the 2007 New England Patriots (36.8) and the 2018 Ka...
Source: nflverse, NFL schedules and scores (nflverse-data) · Data as of Jan 4, 2026
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How often do NFL teams go for it on fourth down?
NFL offenses went for it on 23.3% of fourth downs in the 2025 regular season, against 11% to 14% in every season from 1999 to 2017. The rest were punts and f...
Source: nflverse, NFL play-by-play (nflverse-data) · Data as of Jan 4, 2026
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How often are NFL field goals good from each distance?
In the NFL regular season that ended in January 2026, kickers made 98.1% of field goal tries from under 30 yards, 84.3% from 40 to 49 yards and 68.8% from 50...
Source: nflverse, NFL team season stats (nflverse-data) · Data as of Jan 4, 2026
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How many people die in traffic crashes in the U.S. each year?
39,254 people died in traffic crashes in the U.S. in 2024, against a recent high of 43,230 in 2021 and the 1979 peak of 51,093. The lowest year since 1975 wa...
Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) · Data as of Dec 31, 2024
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What share of people killed in cars weren't wearing a seat belt?
In 2024, 48% of the people killed in passenger cars, SUVs, pickups and vans weren't wearing a seat belt, counting only those whose belt use is known. The sha...
Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) · Data as of Dec 31, 2024
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Are U.S. roads getting safer per mile driven?
In 2024 there were 1.19 deaths for every 100 million miles driven, down from 3.35 in 1980. The lowest rate was 1.08 in 2014; it jumped to 1.34 in 2020, when ...
Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) and FHWA Highway Statistics (table VM-2) · Data as of Dec 31, 2024
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Which states have the highest and lowest traffic death rates?
In 2024, Mississippi had the highest traffic death rate, 1.81 deaths per 100 million vehicle miles, followed by Arizona (1.74) and South Carolina (1.67). Mas...
Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) and FHWA Highway Statistics (table VM-2) · Data as of Dec 31, 2024
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What share of U.S. traffic deaths involve speeding?
In 2024, 29% of U.S. traffic deaths were in crashes where police reported that a driver was speeding: over the limit, too fast for conditions, or racing. The...
Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) · Data as of Dec 31, 2024
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What share of U.S. traffic deaths involve an alcohol-impaired driver?
In 2024, 30% of U.S. traffic deaths were in crashes where a driver had a blood alcohol level of .08 or more, the legal limit in every state but Utah (.05). T...
Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) · Data as of Dec 31, 2024
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Which big school districts spend the most per student?
In the school year that ended in 2024, New York City, New York spent $35,796 per student, the most of the nation's 100 largest public school districts, follo...
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances · Data as of Jun 30, 2024
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How much does each state spend per public school student?
In the school year that ended in 2024, New York spent the most per public school student, $31,918, followed by District of Columbia ($31,529) and Vermont ($2...
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances · Data as of Jun 30, 2024
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What are the largest school districts in the U.S.?
New York City, New York is the largest public school district, with 845,509 students, 2 times as many as Los Angeles Unified, California (419,929). Miami-Dad...
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances · Data as of Jun 30, 2024
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Which asteroids will pass closest to Earth next?
These are the next 15 asteroids NASA expects to pass within 10 times the Moon's distance of Earth, soonest first, as of November 6, 2026; the closest, 2026 V...
Source: NASA/JPL Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS), SBDB Close Approach Data · Data as of Nov 6, 2026
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Which telescopes have found the most exoplanets?
NASA's Kepler space telescope found 2,787 confirmed exoplanets, and 550 more on K2, the second mission it flew after a breakdown in 2013. NASA's TESS, launch...
Source: NASA Exoplanet Archive, Planetary Systems Composite Data · Data as of Nov 6, 2026
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How many near-Earth asteroids are discovered each year?
Sky surveys found 3,239 new near-Earth asteroids in 2025, about 8.9 times the 363 found in 2000. Most new finds are small: the big ones, a kilometer or more ...
Source: NASA/JPL Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS), Discovery Statistics · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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How do astronomers find planets around other stars?
As of November 2026, 4,797 of the 6,464 confirmed exoplanets, about 74%, were found by the transit method: a telescope sees a star dim slightly as a planet p...
Source: NASA Exoplanet Archive, Planetary Systems Composite Data · Data as of Nov 6, 2026
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How many planets outside our solar system are discovered each year?
Astronomers confirmed 245 new planets around other stars in 2025. The first were found in 1992, and the count leaped in 2014 and 2016 (872 and 1,504), when N...
Source: NASA Exoplanet Archive, Planetary Systems Composite Data · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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What are the closest asteroid flybys ever recorded?
As of November 2026, the closest known asteroid flyby was 2025 UC11 (Oct 30, 2025), about 228 km above Earth's surface; the International Space Station orbit...
Source: NASA/JPL Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS), SBDB Close Approach Data · Data as of Nov 6, 2026
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How many asteroids pass closer to Earth than the Moon each year?
Astronomers know of 189 asteroid flybys closer than the Moon (about 384,000 km away) in 2025, against about 20 a year in 2007 to 2009. Asteroids aren't passi...
Source: NASA/JPL Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS), SBDB Close Approach Data · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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What is the median household net worth by age?
In the Federal Reserve's 2025 survey, the typical (median) household headed by someone under 35 had a net worth of $32,820, and one headed by someone 35 to 4...
Source: Federal Reserve Board, Survey of Consumer Finances · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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Who owns U.S. stocks and mutual funds?
In the quarter ending June 2026, the wealthiest 1% of U.S. households held 50.9% of the stocks and mutual funds that households own directly, the next 9% hel...
Source: Federal Reserve Board, Distributional Financial Accounts · Data as of Jun 30, 2026
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Who owns the value of U.S. homes?
In the quarter ending June 2026, the next 40% of U.S. households by wealth held 46.6% of the value of the homes households live in. The wealthiest 1% held 13...
Source: Federal Reserve Board, Distributional Financial Accounts · Data as of Jun 30, 2026
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Who owns America's private businesses?
In the quarter ending June 2026, the wealthiest 1% of U.S. households held 53.0% of the value of private businesses, the next 9% held 31.8%, the next 40% hel...
Source: Federal Reserve Board, Distributional Financial Accounts · Data as of Jun 30, 2026
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How much wealth does each generation hold?
In the quarter ending June 2026, households headed by baby boomers (born 1946 to 1964) held $97.4 trillion, 52.5% of all U.S. household wealth. Gen X (born 1...
Source: Federal Reserve Board, Distributional Financial Accounts · Data as of Jun 30, 2026
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How much wealth does each age group hold?
In the quarter ending June 2026, households headed by someone aged 55 to 69 held $76.1 trillion, 41% of all U.S. household wealth, and those headed by someon...
Source: Federal Reserve Board, Distributional Financial Accounts · Data as of Jun 30, 2026
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What share of U.S. wealth does the top 1% hold?
The wealthiest 1% of U.S. households held 32.5% of all household wealth in the second quarter of 2026, up from 22.8% in 1989, when the Fed's series begins. W...
Source: Federal Reserve Board, Distributional Financial Accounts · Data as of Jun 30, 2026
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How is U.S. household wealth divided?
At the end of June 2026, the wealthiest 1% of U.S. households held 32.5% of all household wealth, the next 9% held 36.4%, the next 40% held 28.8% and the bot...
Source: Federal Reserve Board, Distributional Financial Accounts · Data as of Jun 30, 2026
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What share of U.S. wealth does the bottom half hold?
The less wealthy half of U.S. households held 2.3% of all household wealth in the second quarter of 2026, down from 3.5% in 1989. Their share fell to 0.4% at...
Source: Federal Reserve Board, Distributional Financial Accounts · Data as of Jun 30, 2026
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Which countries got online fastest?
Over the 10 years to 2024, the share of people using the internet rose most in Kiribati, by 77.2 percentage points, and in Iraq, by 69.8. The world's share g...
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators: Individuals using the Internet (% of population) · Data as of Dec 31, 2024
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What is the unemployment rate in each country?
In 2025, 4.2% of workers in the United States were unemployed, against 4.8% worldwide; the highest rate was 34.2% in Eswatini, and the lowest 0.1%, in Qatar....
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators: Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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How fast are prices rising in each country?
Consumer prices in the United States rose 2.9% in 2024, against 3% worldwide. The fastest rise was 219.9% in Argentina, then South Sudan (91.4%) and Türkiye ...
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators: Inflation, consumer prices (annual %) · Data as of Dec 31, 2024
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How much does each country spend on health care per person?
In 2023, the United States spent $13,473 per person on health care, about 10 times the world figure of $1,317. Germany spent $6,395, Japan $3,638, China $763...
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators: Current health expenditure per capita (current US$) · Data as of Dec 31, 2023
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How many young people go to college in each country?
In 2022, the number of students in college or university in the United States equaled 79.4% of its young adults, against 42% worldwide; the figure ranged fro...
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators: School enrollment, tertiary (% gross) · Data as of Dec 31, 2022
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How much carbon dioxide does each country emit per person?
In 2024, people in the United States emitted 13.6 tonnes of carbon dioxide each, in China 9.3 and in India 2.2, against 4.7 worldwide. The highest figure was...
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators: Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita) · Data as of Dec 31, 2024
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How has the world's population grown since 1960?
The world had 8.22 billion people in 2025, about 2.7 times the 3.02 billion of 1960. It passed 8 billion in 2023. Figures are mid-year estimates from the Uni...
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators: Population, total · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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How long do people around the world live, and how has that changed since 1960?
A baby born in 2024 could expect to live 73.5 years on average across the world, up from 50.9 in 1960. The very low early-1960s figures include the famine in...
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators: Life expectancy at birth, total (years) · Data as of Dec 31, 2024
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How fast has the world come online?
73.6% of the world's people used the internet in 2025, up from 15.6% in 2005, the first year the World Bank gives a world figure. It counts people who used t...
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators: Individuals using the Internet (% of population) · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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How many people live in each country?
India, with 1.46 billion people in 2025, and China, with 1.41 billion, are far larger than any other country; the United States is third with 342 million. Th...
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators: Population, total · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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How long do people live in each country?
A baby born in Monaco in 2024 could expect to live 86.5 years; in Nigeria, 54.6. The United States was at 78.9, China at 78.0 and India at 72.2. Search 217 c...
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators: Life expectancy at birth, total (years) · Data as of Dec 31, 2024
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What share of people use the internet in each country?
In 2024, 94.7% of people in the United States used the internet and 64.9% in India. The highest share was 100%, and the lowest 8.6%, in Burundi. 182 countrie...
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators: Individuals using the Internet (% of population) · Data as of Dec 31, 2024
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How rich is each country, per person?
In 2024, Monaco produced the most goods and services (GDP) per person, $288,002, and Burundi the least, $216; the United States was at $86,170, China at $13,...
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators: GDP per capita (current US$) · Data as of Dec 31, 2024
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What share of people have electricity in each country?
In 2024, 99.9% of people in India had electricity. Of 215 countries and territories, South Sudan was lowest at 5.4%, then Chad (13.4%) and Malawi (15.6%); al...
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators: Access to electricity (% of population) · Data as of Dec 31, 2024
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How do countries compare on wealth, health and the internet?
Pick countries and compare them on GDP per person, population, life expectancy, internet use, access to electricity, unemployment, inflation, carbon emission...
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators: GDP per capita (current US$) · Data as of Dec 31, 2024