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Facts on when Social Security could become insolvent, two ways to analyze the most competitive housing markets in the country, plus data on HUD's affordable housing program.

Hawaii and Washington lead the nation in how much sales tax they collect from residents.

The CPI is a key indicator for the state of the economy.

US household debt has risen by nearly 50% over the last two decades, after adjusting for inflation.

Tampa, FL has had the biggest increase in heat wave frequency. Philadelphia has experienced the greatest increase in heat wave intensity.

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

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.

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

Charter school enrollment more than doubled since 2010.

While the science is still developing, nuclear fusion has the potential to alter the clean energy landscape.

The White House has invested in an ambitious plan of deploying nuclear fusion on the electrical grid in the 2030s. While the science is still developing, fusion has the potential to dramatically alter the clean energy landscape.