On average, 42.4 million people in 22.7 million households received monthly SNAP benefits through the first eight months of the 2025 fiscal year.

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As of 2020, Muslims made up a majority of Nigeria’s total population (56.1%), while Christians made up 43.4%.

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Overall, 44% of U.S. adults say they trust the U.S. a lot or some to regulate the use of AI effectively, while 47% have little to no trust in the U.S. to do this.

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From how well they think they’re aging to how they rate their physical and mental health and financial security, older adults with upper incomes are doing better than those with middle or lower incomes.

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Just over half of Americans see left-wing (53%) and right-wing (52%) extremism as major problems.

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Americans' views of religion's role in society have grown more positive in recent years. But many feel their religious beliefs conflict with the mainstream.

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About six-in-ten U.S. adults now say they favor more nuclear power plants to generate electricity, up from 43% in 2020.

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A growing share of Republicans say that those who call out others on social media for posts that might be considered offensive are mainly holding people accountable.

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In both parties, the share that say the higher education system is going in the wrong direction has gone up by at least 10 percentage points since 2020.

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Today, 96% of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer adults in the United States say they have told someone that they are or might be LGBTQ.

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