The new census data paint a more detailed picture of the American family in other ways.
In some areas, government figures and the Reading the Riots data paint the same picture.
But already, the initial data paint a portrait of an evolving suburbia.
Some recent data paint a slightly better picture of the economy.
But today's data paints a richer picture, enabling people to explore what's been happening in their local area.
Jared Bernstein, an economist with the liberal Economic Policy Institute, also said that the new census data painted too gloomy a picture.
"Overall the data paint a mixed picture of the sector," said Kay Daniel Neufeld at the consultancy Centre for Economics and Business Research.
But economic data painted a gloomier picture with the construction industry shrinking for the 18th straight month, and unemployment nearing 2.5 million.
Author Earnings, which uses a software programme to crawl Amazon's bestseller lists and collect data, paints a different picture of the UK market.
The Bank of England faces similar inflation concerns, but left its main policy rate alone after recent economic data painted a mixed picture of the strength of Britain's recovery.
