Cars So Hot They’re Out of Stock
Americans bought 17.54 million cars and light trucks in 2016, yet another record and an all-time high. While not all cars sell equally fast, dealers cannot seem to keep some models in stock. With…
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Countries Doing the Most (and Least) to Protect the Environment
President Donald Trump withdrew the United States from the Paris climate accord Thursday, an action that threatens to divide the United States from its allies. The agreement was one of the signature achievements of…
How Many People Are Alive From the Year You Were Born
With data from the US Census Bureau, we estimated how many people born each year since 1933 are still alive.
Counties Going Hungry in Every State
American consumers and retailers waste an estimated 133 billion pounds of food annually. While the nation’s food waste amounts to nearly $162 billion a year, tens of millions of Americans struggle to afford food…
The Drunkest (and Driest) Cities in America
The subject of two constitutional amendments and the pillar of a major U.S. industry, alcohol is inextricably tied to America’s political and commercial history. On an individual level, alcohol is a social lubricant known…
22 Surprising Facts About Sgt. Pepper on Its 50th Anniversary
It was 50 years ago today that the Beatles changed the world of pop music forever with the release of the album “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.” To mark the occasion, the Beatles’…
25 Counties With the Widest Income Gaps
The gap between the rich and poor has continued to widen in the United States. While the wealthiest 5% of U.S. households earn at least $203,000 annually, the bottom 20% earn less than $22,000…
Is Obama’s $500 Million Library Excessive?
President Barack Obama revealed earlier this month his plans for a presidential museum and library to be built in Jackson Park on the South Side of Chicago, on the grounds of the 1893 world’s…
States Producing the Most Meat
The United States produced roughly 140 billion pounds of red meat and poultry in 2016, worth nearly $100 billion. Americans have each added 45 pounds of these types of meat to their diets since…
America’s Safest Cars
There are many measures to determine car safety, and one is to examine driver death rates per vehicle. Data from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety released this week identified the safest cars on…
The Most (and Least) Valuable States
Placing an exact dollar value on land, from rivers and mountains to farm lands and dense urban centers, is virtually impossible. Some, though, have attempted to come up with a rough approximation. Based on…
The Fastest Growing (and Shrinking) Cities
Cities in the South remain among the fastest growing in the United States, according to statistics released May 25 by the U.S. Census Bureau. Six of the 15 fastest growing cities are in Texas,…
The States With the Most Dangerous Roads
Motor vehicle crashes are one of the leading causes of death in the United States despite substantial improvement in recent decades. The fatality rate from car crashes has decreased to 10.9 deaths per 100,000…
8 Old-Fashioned Names Making Huge Comebacks
One of the most common naming conventions in the United States is to give a child the name of his or her older relative or ancestor. While popular 20th century names like Gladys, Edna,…
States Where the Most People Work for the Government
Despite consistent urging from a portion of the American public to slim down government, a large number of residents continue to make a living by working in government. In 2016, more than 3 out…