42 official statistics, chosen in advance, each shown for the period that included Election Day 2024 and for its latest release. Arrows show direction only. There are no grades and no colors for better or worse, so you can judge what matters to you.
Data retrieved October 19, 2026. Agencies release on their own schedules, so each row shows its own dates.
+$1.26 (+41%)
−$0.03 (−1%)
−$1.38 (−38%)
−$0.09 (−4%)
+$1.16 (+21%)
+$0.19 (+5%)
+$2.46 (+36%)
+$0.03 (+5%)
+2.0¢ (+11%)
+$0.21 (+14%)
The same grocery bag
A gallon of milk, a dozen eggs, a pound of white bread, a pound of ground beef, a pound of chicken breast, a pound of coffee and a pound of bananas.
U.S. city average retail prices from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (monthly) and the Energy Information Administration’s weekly gas price. Dashed line: Election Day 2024. Prices are not adjusted for inflation.
Change in the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers over 12 months.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · FRED CPIAUCSL · file 2198c28e8d
Same as above, leaving out food and energy, which swing month to month.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · FRED CPILFESL · file 34aaa7ca6f
Change in the price index for food bought at stores, over 12 months.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · FRED CUSR0000SAF11 · file f85f2859f6
Change in the price index for rent of a primary residence, over 12 months.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · FRED CUSR0000SEHA · file e7af6cc77a
U.S. average retail price of a gallon of regular gasoline, weekly.
U.S. Energy Information Administration · FRED GASREGW · file cfb475ea23
U.S. city average price of a dozen grade A large eggs.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · FRED APU0000708111 · file e148df3242
U.S. city average price of a kilowatt-hour of household electricity.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · FRED APU000072610 · file 60c9f9f5d3
Change in the price index for medical care, over 12 months.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · FRED CPIMEDSL · file 6e9325036e
Share of people in the labor force who are out of work and looking for a job.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · FRED UNRATE · file ae7ad4b451
Number of paid jobs at U.S. employers outside farming.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · FRED PAYEMS · file 8c7f983914
Share of adults 16 and older who are working or looking for work.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · FRED CIVPART · file 5f70403438
Average hourly pay of private-sector employees, before inflation.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · FRED CES0500000003 · file 1751cce038
Average hourly earnings expressed in November 2024 dollars using the Consumer Price Index.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · FRED CES0500000003 · file 1751cce038
People filing a first claim for unemployment benefits in the week.
U.S. Department of Labor · FRED ICSA · file f6a708dc1b
Jobs employers were actively trying to fill at the end of the month.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · FRED JTSJOL · file 3d0f93556a
Paid jobs at U.S. factories and other manufacturers.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · FRED MANEMP · file f318a3086d
Civilian jobs in the federal government, including the Postal Service.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · FRED CES9091000001 · file 960d3646fd
What $100 bought in Nov 2024 costs about $106.25 in Sep 2026. Put the other way, $100 today buys what $94.12 bought then.
Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
10.2% of people in 2025 (34.5 million), compared with 10.7% in 2024 (36.0 million). Each figure below is one person in a hundred.
Official poverty measure, Census Bureau (CPS ASEC), calendar years.
How many households fall in each income bracket, 2024 and 2025, both in 2025 dollars.
Census Bureau table H-17 (CPS ASEC). M = million households.
Share of all household wealth (net worth) held by each group of households, from the richest 1% to the bottom half.
Distributional Financial Accounts, Federal Reserve Board, quarterly.
Share of people living below the official poverty line, for the calendar year.
U.S. Census Bureau · Census table 2 · file 291be705f1
The middle household’s income for the year, in 2025 dollars.
U.S. Census Bureau · FRED MEHOINUSA672N · file 9bdd7fe967
Disposable personal income per person, at an annual rate, in 2017 dollars.
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · FRED A229RX0 · file 8f02b0ff8e
Share of after-tax income that households save.
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · FRED PSAVERT · file ca6e7e247e
From 0 (everyone has the same income) to 1 (one household has it all).
U.S. Census Bureau · FRED GINIALLRF · file cc3e84ef33
Mortgages, car loans, student loans, credit cards and other household debt.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System · FRED CMDEBT · file c97e70917a
Outstanding revolving credit, mostly credit card balances.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System · FRED REVOLSL · file b71abd1621
Average rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage, weekly survey.
Freddie Mac · FRED MORTGAGE30US · file c8b0ab4768
Upper limit of the target range the Federal Reserve sets for overnight lending.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System · FRED DFEDTARU · file 47f284c03a
Interest rate on 10-year U.S. government bonds.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System · FRED DGS10 · file d107b97302
FHFA purchase-only house price index, seasonally adjusted (1991 = 100).
U.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency · FRED HPIPONM226S · file e73e60a227
Share of credit card balances at commercial banks 30 or more days past due.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System · FRED DRCCLACBS · file d1eaa7633e
Quarterly growth of inflation-adjusted GDP, at an annual rate.
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · FRED A191RL1Q225SBEA · file 402355029d
Total public debt of the federal government at the end of the quarter.
U.S. Department of the Treasury · FRED GFDEBTN · file 1c4d0d136c
Federal customs duties collected, at a seasonally adjusted annual rate.
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · FRED B235RC1Q027SBEA · file 0a59e6a59f
Change in each state’s unemployment rate since November 2024. Select a state for its figures.
| State | UnemploymentNov 2024 → Aug 2026 | JobsNov 2024 → Aug 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 3.1% → 3.4%+0.3 pts | +1.3% |
| Alaska | 4.6% → 4.3%−0.3 pts | +1.7% |
| Arizona | 4.0% → 4.9%+0.9 pts | +0.3% |
| Arkansas | 3.7% → 3.9%+0.2 pts | +1.0% |
| California | 5.4% → 5.1%−0.3 pts | +0.7% |
| Colorado | 4.3% → 4.0%−0.3 pts | no change |
| Connecticut | 3.5% → 5.1%+1.6 pts | +0.9% |
| Delaware | 4.0% → 4.7%+0.7 pts | +0.1% |
| District of Columbia | 5.5% → 5.7%+0.2 pts | −6.2% |
| Florida | 3.5% → 4.5%+1.0 pts | +0.8% |
| Georgia | 3.4% → 3.2%−0.2 pts | +0.1% |
| Hawaii | 2.7% → 2.7%no change | no change |
| Idaho | 3.6% → 3.6%no change | +2.3% |
| Illinois | 4.8% → 4.7%−0.1 pts | +0.4% |
| Indiana | 4.1% → 3.3%−0.8 pts | −0.1% |
| Iowa | 3.5% → 3.2%−0.3 pts | −0.6% |
| Kansas | 3.7% → 3.8%+0.1 pts | +0.6% |
| Kentucky | 4.9% → 4.7%−0.2 pts | −0.1% |
| Louisiana | 4.4% → 4.2%−0.2 pts | +1.3% |
| Maine | 3.2% → 3.2%no change | −0.2% |
| Maryland | 3.4% → 4.1%+0.7 pts | −1.5% |
| Massachusetts | 4.1% → 4.3%+0.2 pts | −0.5% |
| Michigan | 5.2% → 5.0%−0.2 pts | +0.2% |
| Minnesota | 3.3% → 4.4%+1.1 pts | +1.4% |
| Mississippi | 3.7% → 3.4%−0.3 pts | +0.9% |
| Missouri | 3.8% → 3.5%−0.3 pts | +0.7% |
| Montana | 2.9% → 3.2%+0.3 pts | −0.7% |
| Nebraska | 2.8% → 2.9%+0.1 pts | no change |
| Nevada | 5.4% → 4.8%−0.6 pts | +3.1% |
| New Hampshire | 2.9% → 2.8%−0.1 pts | −0.2% |
| New Jersey | 4.8% → 4.3%−0.5 pts | −0.3% |
| New Mexico | 4.2% → 4.7%+0.5 pts | +1.6% |
| New York | 4.1% → 4.3%+0.2 pts | +0.2% |
| North Carolina | 3.7% → 3.5%−0.2 pts | +2.0% |
| North Dakota | 2.5% → 2.2%−0.3 pts | −0.1% |
| Ohio | 4.7% → 3.3%−1.4 pts | +0.4% |
| Oklahoma | 3.1% → 4.3%+1.2 pts | +0.5% |
| Oregon | 4.5% → 5.1%+0.6 pts | −1.4% |
| Pennsylvania | 4.0% → 3.7%−0.3 pts | +0.8% |
| Rhode Island | 4.5% → 3.7%−0.8 pts | −0.1% |
| South Carolina | 4.3% → 4.1%−0.2 pts | +2.3% |
| South Dakota | 1.9% → 2.0%+0.1 pts | no change |
| Tennessee | 3.6% → 3.4%−0.2 pts | +0.5% |
| Texas | 4.2% → 4.4%+0.2 pts | +1.6% |
| Utah | 3.3% → 3.5%+0.2 pts | +1.9% |
| Vermont | 2.5% → 2.6%+0.1 pts | −0.5% |
| Virginia | 3.1% → 3.6%+0.5 pts | −0.6% |
| Washington | 4.3% → 4.9%+0.6 pts | +0.5% |
| West Virginia | 3.9% → 4.0%+0.1 pts | −0.3% |
| Wisconsin | 3.1% → 3.2%+0.1 pts | +0.2% |
| Wyoming | 3.3% → 3.0%−0.3 pts | +0.2% |
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (state unemployment: LAUS; jobs: nonfarm payrolls), seasonally adjusted, via FRED.
Our own averages of independent national polls, for context. Polls measure opinion, not the economy.
No reading for November 2024: this term began January 20, 2025.
Our average starts January 21, 2025, after Election Day 2024.
