A close look at the 47 percent who pay no federal income tax finds that few are off the rolls for very long, and that many are either very old, very poor, or both.

Fifty-six percent is a lot of people to both not realize that the numbers we use are Arabic numerals and to say they shouldn't be taught in schools.. However, this bias wasn't unique to people ...

A large majority of U.S. adults in a survey say they believe immigration is good for the country while the number of those ...

The correct number is 31 out of 35, or 89 percent. Nate Silver founded and was the editor in chief of FiveThirtyEight. @natesilver538. Comments. Interactives. Latest Videos.

Twenty-nine percent of respondents said that Arabic numerals should be taught in American schools, while the remaining 15 percent had no opinion.

The net interest on the U.S. Federal Debt is roughly 3 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), amounting to $882 billion. What does this percentage and the absolute number mean? If they were to ...