Are Americans moving on from dairy?
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It’s no secret that milk is not the staple of American diets that it used to be. But even with the rise of plant-based milks, cheeses, and more, people aren’t walking away from dairy entirely. Here’s how dairy is being used in American kitchens these days.
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In 1975, the average American drank roughly 1 1/4 cups of milk daily. By 2022, it was around 2/3 of a cup — but it was still the nation’s most-consumed dairy product at 130 pounds per person per year.
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Milk production is up but people are drinking less of it. Increased production is due to the US using milk to produce cheese, yogurt, dry milk goods, and many other products. Cheese consumption is up 179% since 1975. Americans are eating 608% more yogurt since then and using 161% more dry whole milk.
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Internationally adopted children and American families
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American families adopted fewer children from abroad in fiscal year 2022 than at any other time in the 21st century, underscoring evolving geopolitical and legislative dynamics. USAFacts has data on which countries Americans used to adopt children from, and which are the top countries now.
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In 2022, nearly 40% of the children Americans adopted from foreign nations came from three countries: Colombia (235 adoptees), India (223), and South Korea (141).
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However, of the 282,921 foreign-born children adopted into US families between 1999 and 2022, 82,658 (or 29.2%) came from China. That’s more than the next two countries (Russia and Guatemala) combined.
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Geopolitical shifts affect international adoptions, often for reasons that have nothing to do with children. China suspended them early in the COVID-19 pandemic and hasn’t restarted them. Russia banned adoptions for US citizens in 2013 for unrelated political reasons. The Guatemalan government suspended its program after 2007 legislation to establish a new process and is yet to resume them.
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Tomorrow is one of the biggest dates on the presidential primary calendar: Super Tuesday. See what states are voting tomorrow. Be sure to keep this page handy for important election dates from now until November.
Treasury Department data shows that the national debt is increasing by about $1 trillion nearly every 100 days. For background on the debt and how it’s grown historically, click here.
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Over 29,000 public school students reported harassment or bullying based on their sex, race, or disability during the 2020–2021 school year. Female students made 63% of sex-based harassment or bullying reports; 78% of the students disciplined for this were male. |
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