Between the age 18 to 43, a parent with one child spends 407 more days caretaking than someone without a child in the house and 66 more days on household work. On average, these days are pulled mostly from socializing, relaxing, and work.
This animation below shows a simulated day for employed Americans in various occupations. Each dot represents a person moving between home and sleeping, work, and anywhere else.
Adulthood can seem like it's primarily made up of working and sleeping, but the average person will actually spend more of their life between the ages of 18 and 79 relaxing and socializing.
It's often said that Millennials make less now than the baby boomers did back when they were the same age as the Millennials, based on median personal income. The data backs that up, but its less dramatic than you might think.
There were 31,917 recorded fatal car crashes in the United States in 2015. Let's break those down by when — by month and by time of day — and where they were most likely to occur.
When you travel to other countries, the bed size in the place you visit is often different from what you’re used to, despite having a description as such.
This chart maps all the menu items for ten of the biggest national fast food chains in terms of calories. It's also good evidence that you should avoid Carl's Jr. (and not just because of that name).
Today, the one-person household is the most common type, but in 1970 it was married couples. Here's a look at how the makeup of American households has changed between then and now.
As of this writing, the Upshot estimates a 68% probability for Clinton and 32% for Donald Trump. FiveThirtyEight estimates 52% and 48% for Clinton and Trump. What do those numbers mean, really?
"Nuclear" families are still the norm, but nearly 50% of American households are non-nuclear in structure. Here's a look at the top 50 household types.