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These reports cover the American experience ranging from immigration to aging population to civil rights to childcare to poverty. Explore this demographic data for a fuller picture of who lives in the US.

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The best and worst airports for flight delays, according to government data

Data on more than seven million commercial domestic flights between Oct. 1, 2018 to Sept. 30, 2019, shows that the average flight within the US arrives at the gate 14 minutes after a scheduled arrival. How does your home airport fare?

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The November 2019 Democratic debate by the numbers

Ten candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination met on an Atlanta stage yesterday to make their case. And as we at USAFacts like to say, debates should be grounded in facts. Here are reports related to five key topics to shed more light on the latest debate.

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State of the Facts Poll 2019

Americans agree that facts should be accurate, transparent, and based on data. However, they disagree about which sources of information to trust. These findings come from our 2019 State of the Facts Poll, conducted in conjunction with The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.

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How many DACA recipients are there in the United States?

The United States is home to over 643,000 Dreamers. A recent Supreme Court ruling struck down the Trump administration’s attempt to end the program.

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Ahead of Supreme Court hearing, here's a look at the data on LGBTQ workplace discrimination cases

Since its creation, EEOC has come to enforce laws related to multiple other types of discrimination, including age, disabilities, and genetic information. None of its underlying statutes address sexual orientation explicitly, but after 2013, the agency has considered LGBTQ-based sex discrimination as a part of a broader sex discrimination category.

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Ownership, construction and homelessness: How housing has changed across the states since 2010

From new building permits to ownership rates to homeless counts, USAFacts looked at data that show the changes in how and where Americans live.

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How are age-related demographics changing in U.S. states?

How has the 65+ population changed in comparison to the under 18 population in each state?

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Population pyramids of every state

Look through annual data to see how population and demographics have changed in every state and the nation as a whole.

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The Census has been asking about citizenship on and off for nearly 200 years

The US Census Bureau will not be asking the question in 2020. While the question has been missing from the Census Bureau’s primary national survey since 1950, the agency has been asking the question in various ways since 1820.

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Asylum in the United States: How the case backlog grew to hundreds of thousands

Delve into asylum data, which shows a spike in recent years of migrants coming from Central America. Learn how the case backlog grew to hundreds of thousands.

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