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Ages of the People We Marry
In our earlier years, we tend to date and marry others who are around our age. However, this is not true for everyone. Variation kicks in when you look at the later years, consider multiple marriages,...
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Sleep Hours and Feeling Rested
As I peel myself out of bed in the morning after again not going to sleep at a civilized hour, blurry-eyed, I wonder what hours others sleep. Certainly, I must be in the majority. According to the...
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Who is Sleeping, by Age and Time
When we’re young, we tend to have fewer responsibilities, which means we can sleep and wake up later. Then work and parenting come along, and our schedules grow more structured. We can see the shift in...
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How Much We Work
In our younger years, we have school and more important things to do, but then we get older and there are bills to pay. These charts show the shift and the sweet release of retirement. Read More
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Where the Time Goes with Age
We get 24 hours in a day. How do we spend this time? How does our time use change as we get older and priorities shift? Here is the percentage breakdown in our teens, 20s, and 30s, through to our 80s....
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Simulation for Probability of Success
Imagine that you try to do something and there’s a 20% chance of success. If you try to do the thing six times, what is the probability that you succeed at least once? Read More
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Occupation and Salary Rankings, Each Decade Since 1970
Job types changed over the years, because there were these things called computers that created occupations and shifted others. How did income change for different jobs, relative to everyone else? Use...
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See Who is Older and Younger than You
As you get older, it might start to feel like everyone is getting younger around you. At what point are you older than the majority? Read More
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Decade-Long Battle for “Yogurt” vs. “Yoghurt” on Wikipedia
There’s more than one way to spell yogurt, and the common spelling changes depending on where you live. However, the English version of Wikipedia serves people around the world. Which spelling do you...
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College Admission Rates for U.S. Schools Compared
A few years removed from applying to colleges, I wondered what admission rates are like these days. The United States Department of Education had the data. Here are rates for about 1,400 institutions...
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Changing Difficulty of Getting Into Your College, Past Two Decades
It’s gotten more difficult to get into top colleges over the years, but most schools have either admitted students at the same rate or increased admission rates since 2001. Using data from the National...
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When Working Gets Harder With Age
Our physical, mental, and emotional abilities change as we get older, and this can affect the kind of work we do. The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) asks people if they’ve run into such...
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American Height and Weight
The chart below shows the distribution of height and weight, based on responses to the 2022 BRFSS survey. Using body mass index (BMI), which is calculated with height and weight, most people fall into...
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See How Your Weight Compares
Are more Americans heavier than you or are they lighter? The following chart compares your weight against other adults. It also considers height, since 200 pounds at five feet tall is not the same as...
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Renting vs. Owning a Home as We Get Older
One-third of households are rented and the other two-thirds are owned or in the process. This is based on 2022 data from the American Community Survey. However, the difference between renting and...
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Where the Crops Grow
Since weather and land availability vary across the country, so do the crops. This is the cropland geography of the United States. Read More
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When Americans Stop Working
Normal retirement age, also known as full retirement age, is 67 years old for those born in 1960 or later. It’s when you can get full Social Security benefits (assuming they still exist). It’s common...
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Retirement Ages by Country
China recently increased their retirement age to 63 for men and 55 for women (and 58 for female civil servants). Even with the adjustment, the country is still on the lower end when compared to other...
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Jobs of a Certain Age
There are hundreds of occupations, and while the exact number varies by classification system, most U.S. government organizations list about 500 of them. You can probably guess at least a handful of...
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Hybrid and Electric Vehicle Adoption in the States
About 4% of registered light-duty vehicles in the United States are either electric, hybrid electric, or plug-in hybrid, as of 2023. That’s more than double than in 2016. However, electric adoption...
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