Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from USAFacts

Why does USAFacts use US government data?

Here's why we believe it's critical to give Americans a site where the data is 100% sourced from the government itself.

USAFacts

How many rape kits are awaiting testing in the US? See the data by state.

The federal government spent over $1.3 billion to clear the rape kit backlog since 2011, but a USAFacts analysis uncovered thousands of rape kits awaiting testing in 2022.

USAFacts

Detailed methodology: rape kit backlog data

The sources, gaps, and limitations of existing data on the national rape kit backlog.

USAFacts

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

How is crime measured in the US?

The FBI relied heavily on estimates for 2021 crime statistics due to low response rates from law enforcement agencies.

USAFacts

Weekly US Government Data Roundup: May 9, 2023

In 2019, about 50% of American households had no savings in retirement accounts.

USAFacts

What the data shows about police use of force by race

Black Americans saw a rise in police threats and nonfatal use of force in recent years.

USAFacts

Traffic stop data reveals racial discrepancies in police enforcement

Black Americans and Hispanic Americans were the most likely to be searched or arrested at a traffic stop in 2020.

USAFacts

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Weekly US Government Data Roundup: May 1, 2023

A look at the Government Accountability Office's high risk list. Plus, here's the background on what the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives tracks to help understand how guns end up at crime scenes.

USAFacts

People are waiting seven months longer for affordable housing than in 2010

Wait times have increased at the same time federal spending on affordable housing has more than halved.

USAFacts

Why should you trust US government data?

USAFacts is committed to making it easier for Americans to get the facts on how our government works. Here's how to look at the data.

USAFacts

Are children better off than in 2010?

USAFacts’ 10-K report tells a story about the quality of life for kids in the last 10 years.

USAFacts

Women, guns, and crime: what does the data say?

Thirty-six percent of guns traced to female buyers were used in a crime within one year of purchase, 12 points higher than male buyers.

USAFacts

Which states have the highest and lowest income tax?

Forty-three states and Washington, DC, collect income taxes every year—and seven states collect no income tax. Here’s where you can expect to pay more, or less.

USAFacts

Weekly US Government Data Roundup: April 17, 2023

This year's USAFacts 10-K provides spending data from all levels of government.

USAFacts

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

USAFacts

The TikTok ‘Kia Boys’ challenge and violent crime: a link?

Despite a lack of FBI violent crime data, violent crime did not necessarily increase in the cities affected by the TikTok “Kia Boys” challenge.

USAFacts

Weekly US Government Data Roundup: April 10, 2023

Ahead of Tax Day, USAFacts collected the multitude of tax data and analysis across the site. Plus, a look at the CDC metrics on the rates at which teenagers carry guns.

Kiplinger

How Much is Spent on Child Care

How much are you spending on child care? Not only has quality child care become less available since the pandemic, it’s also become drastically less affordable.

USAFacts

‘Time-to-crime’: a gun's path from legal ownership to crime

Shorter time-to-crime suggests a higher chance that a gun was bought for a criminal purpose.

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

USAFacts

Here’s where guns used in crimes are bought

Over 70% of crime guns that the ATF traced were obtained from a dealer.

USAFacts

Three charts on education levels by race and ethnicity

Black and Hispanic students had the lowest rates of enrolling in college and graduating four-year college within six years.

USAFacts

Weekly US Government Data Roundup: March 28, 2023

USAFacts analyzes data from the ATF on guns used in crimes and the rise in ghost guns. Plus, see charts on diversity in the civilian federal workforce.

USAFacts

Weekly US Government Data Roundup: March 21, 2023

Get the data about bank failures in the US, plus charts on rising Kia and Hyundai thefts in cities nationwide.

USAFacts

Here’s how the government tracks guns used in crimes

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives traced 79% of guns from crimes in 2021.

USAFacts

How much money does the government collect per person?

The federal government collected $5.03 trillion in federal revenues in 2022, averaging out at $15,098 per person.

USAFacts

Are energy costs expected to rise this winter?

Our nation, in numbers. USAFacts provides a comprehensive, nonpartisan view of the state of our union.

1 2 3

Organisations

the Justice Department

the Department of Health and Human Services

25 stories

the Government Accountability Office

10 stories

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Topics

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.