How do Americans feel about AI?
Census Bureau data from June of last year shows that a little more than half of Americans have used AI tools, whether for search, work, school, or brainstorming. The data also reveals how people feel about AI regarding trust, data privacy, and career concerns. Turns out, household adoption of the technology varies by age, income, employment, race, and more.
- Fifty-seven percent of US adults reported that someone in their household had used AI at least once in the past two months, most often to search for information (35.1%). People also used it to brainstorm (22.9%), assist with work (20.9%), or school (11.7%). About 4.5% of respondents (equivalent to roughly 12 million people) reported that someone in their household used AI instead of hiring a person to perform a task.
- Employed people reported household AI use at a rate of 66.7%, compared with 44.1% of unemployed people. Men reported household use at 61.7%, compared with 52.4% of women.
- Adults 40 to 54 reported the highest household use (65.2%), narrowly ahead of 25- to 39-year-olds (62.6%). Age mattered more for how people used AI than whether they used it. Just over 36% of people ages 25 to 39 used it for brainstorming, compared with 7.4% of people 65 and older.
- Only 13.8% of people whose households used AI to find information said they trusted that information. Eleven percent felt they had control over how the tools used their personal data. And 21.6% felt they had control when they were using AI at all, given how AI is now integrated into many products.
- In the workplace, 13.9% said AI had already changed their field. Nearly a quarter (24.4%) were worried about the effect on their careers, though 42.3% said the tools made them more productive.
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- About 8.86 million people, or 2.6% of the US population, lived in subsidized housing in 2025. On average, residents had lived in their units for 10 years and three months.
- The US had about 5.13 million subsidized housing units last year, and 667,000 (or 13%) of those units were unoccupied and available to rent. Tenant-based vouchers made up 55% of the subsidized housing stock. These vouchers allow recipients to choose their housing in the private market, provided it meets program requirements.
- Privately owned, multifamily developments accounted for 29% of subsidized housing. Public residential units, built and managed by local housing agencies for low-income families, older adults, and individuals with disabilities, accounted for 17%.
- Washington, DC, had the most subsidized housing per person in any part of the country (50 units per 1,000 people). Rhode Island had the most of any state (35 per 1,000). Arizona had the fewest (six per 1,000).
- HUD said 95% of households in subsidized housing had very low income in 2025 (measured as households with incomes that do not exceed 50% of median family income for the area), and 79% had extremely low income (those not exceeding the greater of 30% of the median family income for the area). The average household earned $18,483 annually.
- Women headed 74% of households in subsidized housing. Someone 62 or older headed 43%, and 67% were headed by someone belonging to a minority group.
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