Just the Facts About the US Population, Geography, and Demographics

[@bonifacejsjacobs6149]

This is a real service to our country, Mr. Balmer. I use them in my classroom and send them on to friends and colleagues. Keep up the good work!

[@riumudamc4686]

the problem is that the government data isn't accurate. For example, there was much more immigration in 2023 than reported in this video.

[@KeepsIReele]

@@riumudamc4686 Where does one find the accurate numbers?

[@martinthemillwright]

@@riumudamc4686prove it.

[@alexbui0609]

@@riumudamc4686there is always someone like you isn’t it. Sometimes people need a ray of fing sunshine so please curb your enthusiasm in the future

[@ImpossibleSolution-k6w]

@@riumudamc4686 so where do you get your facts and statistics then?

[@d4mdcykey]

Excellent presentation! This should be the gold standard for graphics. I do wish the background music was a bit lower but beyond that this was impressive, user-friendly, and a joy to follow along with.

[@briankelly1240]

I really enjoy this visual presentation style, keep it up!

[@andyphillips7435]

Perhaps not with the ‘ jangle Muzak’ background?

[@steven4315]

Student loan debt is the most effective form of birth control ever invented.

[@enhancedutility266]

Right student loans is what a house was in the '90s

[@Karbon_Based_Life_Form]

Very well said, and sad. I guess I will say the following since I am anonymous, but it would be good for college educated married people to procreate more.

[@enhancedutility266]

@Karbon_Based_Life_Form sometimes they do sometimes they don't but college educated couples have less children overall or none at all that's where the whole dink phenomenon is even though they have the required resources to have children if they wanted to

[@swank8508]

then why are birth rates low in scandinavia? debt is NOT the reason people are childless

[@Ryan-wx1bi]

Or you could just not go to college. Woah

[@pauldacus4590]

Congrats to the graphics people on this. So clean, so clear. Just *Bravo!*

[@ChrisVink-b5b]

The Wall Street Journal has done a podcast showing U.S. Treasury debt held by foreign countries. The United Kingdom holds about $700 billion, but maybe that number is off. The U.S. Treasury should tell the American public how much UK debt the federal government or Americans hold. How much debt of the governments of other countries does the American government or Americans hold?

[@TJDuffy-ip3ue]

Wrong. The graphics people failed. Every time they show a map of the U.S., they leave off my state -- Alaska. FAIL.

[@twistedmetal_]

As a Canadian, I thank you for you and your teams work on this. We need more channels and people like this. The whole world should.

[@adamt5986]

I thought I had seen this video a couple of weeks ago. Thanks for enabling comments Steve. Great content. Questions on my mind currently are access to internet and ease of voting, distance to travel etc.

[@mikeerickson287]

I appreciate what you are doing. Very interesting and informative. I don't mind the background music but for the sake of others the volume may need to be lowered (I'm sure you were already considering that). I'm greatly disappointed in the low math and reading scores. I know that this has been an issue for several decades. While it the percentages have gone up we are far behind what other nations are doing. You simply present the facts. How you interpret them is a different story. It's sorta like the saying, "there are statistics, and there are ..." Thank you again for making these facts available to us!

[@TSteel34]

I really enjoy this series of videos. One minor request - whenever possible, if you present a quantity of people in a given category, also provide that data point's percentage of the population, such as at timestamps 13:50 and 18:46 (lightning round). Having percentages of the population really helps identify trends and context vs just absolute numbers. Thanks for all of the work on these. People's attention spans continue to get shorter, so the easily digestible fact-based presentation format is great.

[@John_Linn]

It's interesting that the number of TEACHERS has increase by over 46% since 1990 while school age kids under 17 has declined AND literacy rates have declined.

[@902Boots]

I'm Canadian but these are awesome. You're doing a service putting out legitimate, well delivered facts. More people need to start demanding the facts, more now than ever.

[@bitesalad]

Hey Steve what a pleasure to meet you again! I just subscribed to your channel ans surely will consume lot of your videos! Hopefully I'll be able to dome something similar for Italy as well. Thanks for always inspiring me throughout my career!

[@martypoll]

You can’t talk about yearly earnings by educational development, high school vs 4-year degree, unless you consider the yearly payment for college debt.

[@briseboy]

There also appears to be a presumption by Ballmer that those not college educated are poorer, when in fact some highly skilled and even tech skilled are numbered among them. Further analysis is necessary to avoid unwarranted conclusions from not only that data gap, but from other excluded material.

[@BageTalks]

It also depends on the type of job. A teacher will make less than an engineer, doctor, or lawyer.

[@tarekmoustafa2126]

The average monthly college debt is estimated to be $502 per month. This means on average a 4-year degree gets you $1500 a month more than a high school. The key word here is the "average". Some do better and some do worse. Not all college degrees are created equal and not all college graduate are the same. If you want to know what is the best option for a college degree, the answer is 2 year at a community college followed by 2-3 years at an In-state college for an engineering degree. which makes more money, the math is hard because you need to choose a time point to measure differences. At 30 years old, trade schools (something not found in most statistics) are your best option. At 40 years, engineers have it the best. At 50+ years, physicians have it the best but becoming a physician is extremely competitive and limited. On the other hand, being a blue collar worker is very taxing on the body at older age.

[@fishingangler4315]

You also have to wait 20-30 years to get the entire career. A 10 year window isn't long enough.

[@krtt5837]

Exactly my thought!

[@timothykiggins1601]

Thank you Steve, you are doing a great service for the people!!!!

[@automaticprojects]

Wow. This is an incredible resource, Steve. One of my co-workers 30-years-ago had been friends with you at Stanford in the 70s. She remembers when you left after one year to go work for Microsoft. Pretty amazing bet back then and very glad to see you still innovating.

[@GoGoggansGo]

Great videos keep it going

[@marlongreen8567]

This is absolutely necessary

[@RK-um9tu]

You mean (un)necessary, correct.

[@mumlee4807]

@@RK-um9tu To gain a little intelligence about America, this video is necessary. To remain in the dark or misinformed, it is unnecessary.

[@rayliu8401]

Did you use Microsoft Office Power point? Nice presentation and contents 👍

[@horus2369]

Could you do what a living wage might look like. Money isn't everything, but being consistently underpaid and overcharged for the basics is going to destroy our economy. Having a basic standard of a living wage might help employers and merchants more clearly understand how much we need to make to afford their goods and service. Thank you

[@kmjansen]

This is gold. Thank you Mr. Balmer. Might I suggest chapter markers, though. If ever there was content that would benefit from them, this is it.

[@generallyhelpfulsoftware646]

Maybe an episode about regulations. I appreciate the neutrality. Thanks Steve.

[@RK-um9tu]

Billionaires don't do anything that is netural...

[@generallyhelpfulsoftware646]

@ neutrality is unnatural for us tribal humans. But we can choose to have the discipline of neutrality and follow pre-existing rules wherever they may lead. Do you not think NFL referees have favorite players that they’d want to succeed? Yet a good and disciplined referee will call pass interference against a player they like if the rule calls for it. In this case, I’m congratulating Mr. Balmer for just presenting the numbers, with occasional, and well defined expressions of personal preference.

[@connortraynor2408]

Good video. One thing to note is math proficiency increased because the level of standards decreased (aka that is an extremely misleading statistic to mention.) Non-Department of Education organization investigations have shown that the average middle school student is fairing worse in math and science now than they were before common core.

[@Allen2]

Some people are faring poorly in spelling too.

[@connortraynor2408]

@@Allen2 Okay? Spelling is inconsequential to the point I was making, especially in a youtube comment format. English is also not my native language, and so it is difficult to differentiate the spelling of words that are pronounced the same way.

[@felipeschneider1978]

Defining what the poverty line means is very important. An image of homeless people was displayed when this figure was mentioned. Especially for us, people from other countries, it is informative to understand what "poverty" means in America.

[@st.joanne]

A major number of homeless are addicts unwilling to get clean even though they are offered it.

[@hardheadjarhead]

These are just wonderful presentations.

[@FuzzySW]

Keep it up. Can you put source references in the description?

[@alvarokurtemis]

These videos are great but the background music is very disturbing and makes it difficult to follow what Steve is saying.

[@vg7985]

Exactly. Thanks. I couldn’t finish just because background music was so annoying.

[@VM-jc5bl]

Didn’t notice.

[@Nasdaballer]

I like it

[@SofaMuncher]

I got four words for you: I. LOVE. THIS. CHANNEL!! YEEEEEEAHHH!!

[@asmrdesigned]

Thanks Steve- we sorely need this information more today than ever! Please keep up the good work!

[@RK-um9tu]

Try going to any government website...

[@Casheir]

These videos are awesome. Keep doing it Mr Balmer

[@gavinmramsey]

These are great! Question: does the "Married No Kids" stat include those that have kids, but they are not currently in the home, or is it truly married with no kids? I guess it could also be married but haven't had kids yet + those that actually didn't have children. Trying to double click as it seemed a large number, even though I'm in the Married no Kids category myself.

[@bambiwurscht]

Ahh reposted now with comments! Good move, drives engagement. Much needed for high-quality, non-biased content like this. Let’s like, comment and share.

[@bucnner]

This is a wonderful video!! 👏 Thanks Steve. So important.

[@scottyoung1489]

Fascinating Information.

[@PatrickThreewit]

A man after my own heart. As an almost 80-year old, I have love this information all my life since I was in elementary school.

[@Sam-j6l9x]

Birthrate is inversely proportional to inflation and affordability. It is harder and harder to raise a family as governents over spend and print counterfeit paper.

[@TheCrispOne2025]

By design

[@scottdavis3571]

I love this, thank you! Is there a video on Bureau of Labor Statistics data?

[@everythingisfine9988]

This is very informative. Absolutely love it. But would love comparisons between other countries (Edit) How many people are using e-bikes as primary transportation? I see it everywhere now - cheap to charge, good range, quiet and low cost. Maybe it's just my neighborhood, but maybe not

[@jkoslosky1]

Thank you for doing this work and presenting it in a straightforward format.

[@cowmath77]

This is exactly the kind of content I love.

[@robertmorgan5467]

Thank you. This is most important data when it comes to us, making decisions about our future as Americans.

[@constantine2061]

One of my favorite channels

[@christopherprice3226]

Thanks Steve great job on this, and your tenure at MicroSoft.

[@jaqueitch]

Great work here, Mr Ballmer. Thanks for your work on this

[@svamandolin3546]

Keep them coming. This is great work.

[@sig_7760]

These videos are great, much appreciated.

[@Frank-nh9fe]

For many statistics, in addition to the number, including the percentage of the population would help to put the number in perspective.

[@kestaskuliukas5296]

Good stuff, keep em coming, what the US needs is straight data and facts

[@simmonslucas]

I think a better picture than just inflation adjusted wages would be to have that curve and the cost of homes plotted out next to each other.

[@TSLApilot]

5:25 the 18-24 year old living at home data includes kids in college (including dorms). The increase in young women “living at home” is attributable to the increase in women attending college vs 1960

[@jamesbarry1673]

GREAT SHOW

[@ableone7855]

This is a great channel! Thank you 🎉

[@thomasjgallagher924]

Great job. You should have had the FRED (St Louis Fed) household income numbers from 2023 for this video, I believe. Their calculations on real (inflation adjusted) income shows it's level with the prepandemic peaks.

[@Oof-DahReviews-bf4hv]

Thank you for the statistics and well-rounded graphical presentation. I also would like to thank you for the very distinct annunciation of the term "population growth RATE", when you spoke of decline. Because the population is not declining.

[@frenchieblep]

Wonderful update to the original version with added data!

[@lisaerdmann2100]

This is great. Would love data on those that went to trade schools.

[@tonysilva2654]

Steve, this is excellent!. Thank you. I just subscribed.

[@nikilragav]

4:34 feels like we're missing - single but with roommates - couples non married without kids - couples non married with kids

[@Arindrew]

That data isn't collected by the Census Bureau

[@jhgolf25]

That's the OTHER category. There's no need to break it out to that level of detail bc it represents a very small percentage of the population.

[@jonquindiagan7625]

Thank you for the information.

[@JBLadyUnleashed]

Really interesting and educational. Just subscribed. I appreciate seeing how trends have changed over time.

[@SladeBling]

Here's the most important statistic in the United States of America: 1990: 10% of American were obese. 2024: 40%-60% are obese..and it gets worse every single day. People now regularly die in their 30's and I've been in grocery stores where I counted 32 out of 33 adults that are either obese or morbidly obese.

[@KiingM]

40 to 60 is such a wide range… that’s over 50 million range. We can’t get a little more specific?

[@SladeBling]

@@KiingMThe official stats are in the low 40's but when I go to the store imy eyeballs tell me it's way higher. I've counted 95% obesity in adults at the store..and by the way 40% does not qualify to be an "obesity epidemic" it's truly an "obesity apocalypse" and the fact that very few people think it's important is disturbing.

[@SBha30]

Feel much more informed after watching this. Looking forward to the next episode.

[@katyericson480]

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE stop the music. Thank you. Love the information.

[@themostselfishman]

Is there any further data (used in the graph at 12:05) delineating those with a HSD and work in a trade vs those who don't? Or are they considered in a separate category?

[@gomab1978]

amazing work--- now this is content the nation needs

[@markalbert9390]

This is great. Here is one - in voting conversation and in viewing the red/blue congressional maps, the blue areas are the “coastal elites”. But in driving through, say, the tony San Fernando Vally part of LA, I don’t see them. In stopping for gas, I’ve never seen….you, for instance. So these terms and these areas are a lot more demographically complicated. The inner city communities are also here. Could you show the data on that? Thanks.

[@DarenKumar-v7x]

Great information. Subscribed

[@James-t6o6e]

Regarding the College vs HS statistics: Failed to take into account the payment/interests as well as the 4-12 years of loss wages for said schooling. So.. does it pay? Hmmm..

[@edheldude]

It doesn't if you do more specific analysis like separate STEM from other degree holders. The curriculum doesn't mostly give valuable skills (outside STEM), and also teaches bad lessons. It serves the institutions mainly, not the person.

[@Puzekat2]

I’m glad you made this video about reading and writing because you’re gonna see it drop even more by 2026. You really should check it by state as a nation. It’s not good enough because the schools are controlled by the states so you have to do state-by-state.

[@GeorgeGeorge-kt4mx]

Nice job Steve, great summary. Keep up the summary of important statistics.

[@1Skeptik1]

Well done! Thank you.

[@ckq]

19:15 i just learned how life expectancy is calculated. Basically it's how long you expect to live if you were born this year then on your 1st birthday you go back in time a year and keep living in 2024 your entire life.

[@charlesmalone4379]

Why doesn’t this wonderful education tool have over 10 million subscribers?

[@nickdanger4795]

You need to mention the wages of those government "workers" compared to private industry. Years ago we passed the milestone of the average government worker making more than the average private industry worker. This was barely mentioned in the media. The tail wagging the dog and we're footing the bill. There should be outrage over this and government bloat everywhere.

[@donaldwhittaker7987]

I was a govt contractor in software development work for 20 years. My team and I always had great salaries and the agencies that hired us could have saved a bundle if they had just made us employees. They deliberately kept us on as contractors because congress was lobbied to do hiring that way. They paid federal employees a pittance. I was there. I talked to federal employees. Where they made $60k I got over $115 per year. Federal bloat is not federal workers. It's hiring practices.

[@dng88]

I noted the fall in household income from 2019 onwards.

[@edheldude]

Household composition is different too. By itself the number doesn't mean much.

[@paulor9577]

Awesome 👏

[@ermin7169]

Very interesting thank you please reduce the background volume,

[@bobbyb69]

love the graphics. they should teach this stuff in school

[@marciamartins1992]

They do in geography majors....sadly I couldn't make a go of it. I couldn't rely on nepotism.

[@steveg9744]

Super interesting!✅👍🙏🇺🇸

[@AshiStarshade]

In the academics, Steve said that the level of reading proficiency was unacceptable. That's not just the facts. It's a mainstream view to say we should all be well educated, but that's not just the facts.

[@edheldude]

Yup. Also what's presented and how is a choice too. It's really easy to mislead people with numbers. Or because they have been preprogrammed to believe certain things which are unsaid.

[@chengalur]

In the beginning the background music was too loud and distracting. Thhen it seemed to get somewhat less loud. Very useful content.

[@jubroney]

Interesting one stat he seemed to forget is the wealth distribution in the United States

[@MrNathanShow]

Actually could be a really cool video on its own. Wealth distribution, people's break down(savings, stocks, income), company break down, banking and savings, federal government. Probably some gray areas esp people that hide their wealth.

[@4beerzdeep954]

there is another video on that topic

[@kangaroomax8198]

How about you spend 5 seconds looking at the other videos from this channel?

[@Steven-kl6lh]

Okay...here we go .. Mr negative, the chief critic has arrived...👎👎👎

[@gg80108]

Rich guys have no clue or care about the little guy.

[@TOPDASHERAMERICA]

If some are trying to figure out where they saw this video. It's typically ran as a ad.

[@jg5875]

At first I thought this channel would be partisan. Nope! Just the facts.

[@jonnycoolg]

Would trade schools be considered college in this case? 12:10

[@davidtrindle6473]

We need more focus on climate change. How fast temps are rising, currently and historically.

[@zwatwashdc]

‘Climate change’ is too broad. We need focused specific measurable goals like ban plastic. I read recently carbon emissions are up significantly from private jets and our dear leaders that talk about climate change all the time are the ones responsible for that.

[@davidtrindle6473]

@ yes all the private jets and yachts are huge. Last week a report came out saying no countries met their carbon goals last year, and there is more carbon being dumped into the atmosphere than last year. Many uneducated people don’t take climate change or global warming seriously. We must educate people. Otherwise life on earth will be a living hell.

[@raymondknight2281]

Damn this is good stuff! Thanks Steve!

[@BD-qq4fn]

Absolutely awesome! If possible, please use data sets with same starting point….saw a lot of “since 1980”, then “since 1960”, then “since 1990”. As a layperson, this looks like cherry picking.

[@marciamartins1992]

Love demographics...I imediately subscribed.

[@waynesworldofsci-tech]

Good work Steve.

[@Crossi90]

What chart isn’t on here is wealth distribution chart. Imagine this guy pointing out that 50% of the population only holds onto ~2.5% of all wealth in the country😂

[@edheldude]

Well that's to be expected if 50% of population is aged 0-35ish.

[@robertodiaz1597]

This is great, thank you Mr. Balmer!

[@stevejones8711]

Steve, I really enjoy your channel. Great Stuff!

[@zina7028]

Thank you for your information.... very interesting and wonderful for you to put together. Only feedback I have is the back ground music was jarring had to quit listening as found it was distracting from your excellent presentation.

[@maryellenguay6109]

Wish we had you in Canada. We love your work.

[@dianabarker5128]

Thank you for giving this important information.

[@demris15]

The Living at home with parents is very skewed, it should be 18-26 and 26-34 to account for healthcare

[@Rainy_Day12234]

I would like to see a comparison between non-college educated lifetime and college educated incomes adjusting for student debt….if the non-college educated person invested the same amount as the student loan when they were 22 until retirement age who would be off.

[@lisaerdmann2100]

I was wondering about factoring in student debt as well.

[@edheldude]

Also if you separate STEM from other degree-holders, there isn't much of a earnings difference - especially out of those who even graduate and hold degree, about half end up in a job that requires a degree. For most people it's a bad investment of time and money.

[@willelrics9027]

Nothing is Worth more than The Truth.

[@chuckgrant5395]

Thank you

[@RBDawg]

Love the platform.