Charting the Most Important Findings in American Life in 2021

Daniel A. Cox December 23, 2021

start and countdown concept. Hand putting wood circle in loading progress bar for countdown year 2021 to 2022.

To round out the year, I’m sharing my top 10 list of the most revealing and arresting charts documenting changes to American life in 2021. Although many of these are based on our own survey work, we do not have a monopoly on producing insightful charts and compelling visualizations, so I included a few other sources as well.

Continue reading on American Storylines

Survey Reports

An illustration of the side profiles of four people. From left to right: a young white man with blond hair, an older Black woman with short, curly Black hair, a young woman with tan skin and black hair with a blue streak, an older man with darker tan skin with curly grey hair and a mustache.

Daniel A. Cox, Beatrice Lee, Dana Popky
April 27, 2022

Politics, Sex, and Sexuality: The Growing Gender Divide in American Life

The March 2022 American Perspectives Survey examines the growing gender divide in American Life.

Daniel A. Cox
March 24, 2022

Generation Z and the Future of Faith in America

Data from the American National Family Life Survey paints a complicated picture of religious change and disaffiliation in the country today.

Daniel A. Cox
February 9, 2022

Emerging Trends and Enduring Patterns in American Family Life

The American National Family Life Survey examines the changing contours of American family life in the country today.

bridge between college graduates and those without a degree

Daniel A. Cox
December 13, 2021

The College Connection: The Education Divide in American Social and Community Life

The 2021 American Community Life Survey illuminates the growing social divide between Americans with college educations and those without.

In the news

May 7, 2022

How Many Friends Do You Really Need?

April 30, 2022

Should Men Be Worrying About Sex Discrimination?

April 27, 2022

Democrats Ask if They Should Hit Back Harder Against the G.O.P.

April 24, 2022

Young Adults are Losing Their Religion. Are Their Parents to Blame?