Social Characteristics

States With the Most Hate Groups
On March 17, a 21 year old white man went on a shooting spree in three Atlanta spas, killing eight. Six of the eight killed are Asian women. While the exact motivation of the killer remain unclear,...
Grant Suneson, Michael B. Sauter
24 days ago
Last Updated: 23 days ago

This Is the American City Where Crime Is Soaring
There were 1.2 million violent crimes — murders, rapes, robberies, and aggravated assaults — committed in the United States in 2019, according to the most recent available FBI data. The 2019...
Samuel Stebbins
24 days ago

25 Cities Where Murders are on the Rise
There were 16,425 murders in the United States in 2019, according to the FBI’s most recent statistics.  While violent crime decreased 0.5% overall from the year prior across the country —...
Connor Sheehan
25 days ago

This Is the Most Dangerous State in America
The United States has gotten safer in the past few decades. The violent crime rate (including aggravated assaults, robberies, rapes and murders/nonnegligent manslaughters) has declined steadily from...
Douglas A., Grant Suneson
26 days ago
Last Updated: 26 days ago

25 Cities Where Assaults are on The Rise
There were 821,182 cases of aggravated assault in the United States in 2019, according to the FBI’s most recent statistics.  While incidences of almost every other type of crime recorded by the...
Connor Sheehan
29 days ago

This Is the Safest State in America
The United States has gotten safer in the past few decades. The violent crime rate (including aggravated assaults, robberies, rapes and murders/nonnegligent manslaughters) has declined steadily from...
Douglas A. McIntyre, Grant Suneson
1 month ago

25 Cities Where Crime Is Soaring
There were 1.2 million violent crimes — murders, rapes, robberies, and aggravated assaults — committed in the United States in 2019, according to the most recent available FBI data. The...
Samuel Stebbins
1 month ago

States With the Most Hate Groups
Following the violent insurrection that took place at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, investigators have looked into the role hate and extremist groups may have played in the attempt to overturn the...
Grant Suneson
1 month ago
Last Updated: 1 month ago

The American City With the Most Property Crime in Every State
Property crime is a category of non-violent offenses comprising three subcategories: burglary, larceny theft, and motor vehicle theft. According to the FBI, a total of 6.9 million property crimes...
Samuel Stebbins
1 month ago
Last Updated: 1 month ago

Most Dangerous States in America
The U.S. has gotten safer in the past few decades. The violent crime rate — which tracks aggravated assaults, robberies, rapes, and murders/nonnegligent manslaughters — has steadily...
Grant Suneson
2 months ago

How Many People Were Born The Year You Were Born
As COVID-19 spread across the United States, more than 300 million Americans were ordered to remain at home for weeks and even months. The extended period of isolation led many to speculate that the...
Samuel Stebbins
3 months ago

How Many People Are Alive From the Year You Were Born
As the baby boom generation reaches old age, the number of people who die every year in the United States continues to increase. And as the U.S. death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic has surpassed...
Evan Comen
3 months ago
Last Updated: 3 months ago

Places in Every State Where COVID-19 Is Growing the Fastest Right Now
With more than 3,000 reported deaths on Dec. 10, the U.S. daily death toll from COVID-19 has now surpassed the record of 2,700 set in May. Deaths are a lagging indicator in the spread of the...
Michael B. Sauter
4 months ago

How Many People Are Alive From the Year You Were Born
As the baby boom generation reaches old age, the number of people who die every year in the United States continues to increase. And as the U.S. death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic has surpassed...
Evan Comen
4 months ago