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Rural Gen Zers see fewer opportunities in their area for good jobs and college degrees. Perceived job opportunities influence Gen Zers' desire to relocate.

LGBTQ+ identification among U.S. adults has increased to 9.3%.

Almost six in 10 Americans support allowing openly transgender men and women to serve in the U.S. military, and nearly eight in 10 back women serving in combat roles.

As President Donald Trump launches initiatives to reshape the nation in his second term, a recent ºÚÁÏÍø poll provides a road map for the issues Americans think need the most attention.

Six in 10 Gen Zers have recently experienced flooding, drought or unsafe tap water. These experiences may affect their future outlook on climate change.

Nearly all Americans use AI products, but many don't realize it. Most say the government and businesses are equally liable for reducing its potential harms.

Americans are divided over President-elect Trump's policies for lowering healthcare costs. Views vary by political affiliation, but by two to one, independents think the policies take the U.S. in the wrong direction.

Americans' ratings of the honesty and ethics of 23 professions are unchanged from 2023 but remain low historically.

Keep up with how Americans react to the Trump administration and how society evolves with key ºÚÁÏÍø trends.

Most Black parents with young children report engaging in activities that bring their family together, such as music and dance and sharing meals and traditions.

Americans' agreement that the federal government must ensure all Americans have healthcare coverage now exceeds 60%, after declining to as low as 42% during the years when the Affordable Care Act was being debated and implemented.

U.S. gun ownership rates have remained steady, with drops among Democratic and independent men offsetting a surge among Republican women.

While 56% of Americans favor stricter gun laws in general and 52% back an assault weapons ban, a near-record-low 20% support banning handguns.

Declining support for the death penalty since the early 2000s is largely a result of lower support among Generation Z and millennials.

Fifteen percent of Americans say they smoke marijuana, according to combined 2023 and 2024 data.

Nearly eight in 10 Americans, including majorities of Democrats and Republicans, favor a federal law requiring equal insurance coverage for mental and physical healthcare.

In the Voices of Gen Z study, 10- to 18-year-olds and their parents share what they wish others understood about being a Gen Z child or their parent.

ºÚÁÏÍø tested different ways to ask race and ethnicity to better understand how changes to the U.S. standards for collecting race and ethnicity on federal surveys might affect data and analysis.

Sixty-nine percent of political independents, 53% of Democrats, 48% of Republicans favor creation of a third party.

A new poll from West Health and ºÚÁÏÍø shows that a majority of Americans think healthcare is not receiving enough attention in the 2024 presidential election.