Share of women receiving an abortion in 2014 whose income was near or below the federal poverty level:
75%[1]
Average cost of having a baby in the United States:
$13,811[2]
Share of women receiving abortions who already have one or more children:
60%
Share of women receiving abortions who are single:
55%[1]
Average cost to raise a child to 18 years old in a single-parent household:
$196,984[3]
Share of American adults identifying with Christianity in 2021:
63%[4]
Decrease since 2007:
15%
Share of American adults identifying with no religion in 2021:
29%
Increase since 2007:
13%
Share of Congress identifying with Christianity:
88.1%[4, 5]
Decrease since 2007:
1.2%
Share of members of Congress identifying with no religion:
0.2%
Number of members who identify with no religion:
1 (Sen. Kyrsten Sinema) [6]
Share of male, politically moderate college seniors who said they are 鈥渁ctively working to foster justice in the world鈥:
49.7%
Share of conservative male seniors who said this:
49.8%
Share of moderates who said they are 鈥渃urrently taking steps to improve the lives of people around the world鈥:
50.5%
Share of conservatives who said this:
51.8%[7]
Share of American centrists in 2018 who view democracy as a 鈥渧ery good鈥 political system:
33%
Share who approve of 鈥渁 strong leader who does not have to bother with a legislature鈥:
40%[8]
Share of full-time U.S. workers who have worked remotely since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic:
Nearly 70%
Of those workers who have since returned to office, share who say they prefer working from home:
57%
Share who say they were at least as productive working from home as they were working in an office:
90%
Share who say continuing to work from home after the pandemic would make them happier:
84%[9]
Estimated annual savings for employers per employee working remotely:
$11,000[10]
Among individuals in American households with automobiles, share who traveled to work in a private vehicle in 2017:
90%[11]
Share of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions produced by transportation:
29%
Rank of transportation among all sources of greenhouse gas emissions:
1[12]
Sources: 1. . 2. . 3. . 4. . 5. Pew Research Center. 6. Pew Research Center. 7. , via The Independent. 8. , via The New York Times. 9. Owl Labs鈥 鈥淪tate of Remote Work鈥 report (2021). 10. . 11. American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials鈥 鈥淐ommuting in America鈥 report (2021). 12. .
Miles Schneidermanis a freelance writer, podcaster, fact-checker, and media producer. His work can be found on www.mjschneiderman.com