Survey results indicate that American standards of living increased markedly throughout most of the country in the 1990s, bringing many Americans larger houses, higher incomes, and more cars. The data also show that nearly 1/5 of all Americans do not speak English at home, about 530,000 homes lack plumbing, and that over 2 million grandparents are``raising their grandchildren.
American Factfinder is the primary tool to access data published by the Census Bureau. This site provides statistics on population, housing, economic, and geographic data from the 2000 Census, as well as comparisons to 1990 data.
