40% of Women Under 45 Would Leave the U.S. Permanently

Tuesday, November 18, 2025

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Nov. 18, 2025

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1. 40% of Women Under 45 Would Leave the U.S. Permanently

Multiple Line Chart: Two in five younger women want to leave U.S. permanently.

The Data: Two in five American women aged 15 to 44 (40%) say they would move permanently to another country if they had the opportunity.

Gender Gap: Today's 21-percentage-point gap between younger men (19%) and women (40%) wanting to leave the U.S. is the widest Gallup has recorded on this trend. Younger women's desire to move has quadrupled in the past decade.

Range Chart: U.S. drop in religiosity among the largest ever measured in OECD.

The Data: Over the past decade, the percentage of U.S. adults who say religion is an important part of their daily life has declined by 17 points to 49%, down from 66% in 2015.

Global Context: Such large declines in religiosity have been rare in Gallup World Poll trends. Since 2007, only 14 out of more than 160 countries surveyed have experienced drops exceeding 15 percentage points in religious importance over any 10-year period.

Bar Chart: Those who don't use AI in their role believe AI won't help them.

The Data: Nearly half of U.S. employees who do not use AI in their role (44%) say the main reason is that they don't believe AI can assist with the work they do.

Management Matters: Overall, 58% of U.S. employees are not AI users, but employees who strongly agree that their manager actively supports their team's use of AI are 2.1 times as likely to use AI a few times a week or more. They are also 6.5 times as likely to strongly agree that the AI tools provided by their organization are useful for their work.

Long Wait Times for Appointments Is Top Healthcare Barrier

The Data: “Long wait times for appointments” is the most common barrier to receiving healthcare, with more than half of U.S. adults (53%) saying long wait times have prevented or delayed their access to care in the past year.

Other Barriers: The “distance to, or location of, medical professionals” and employees' “work schedule or employer policies” have prevented or delayed care for about a quarter of U.S. adults. Less frequently cited issues include family obligations (18%), lack of transportation (14%) and mobility limitations (14%).

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4. Trust in Federal Government Low, but Steady

Multiple Line Chart: Trends in Americans' trust in the federal government.

The Data: One in three Americans (32%) have a great deal or fair amount of trust in the legislative branch, according to a September poll conducted before the government shutdown. Forty-one percent trust the executive branch, and 49% trust the judicial branch. While these figures are similar to those from the past few years, they are down markedly from when Gallup began measuring institutional trust in the 1970s.

Partisan Context: Civic trust is similar to a year ago. However, that overall stability masks large partisan shifts reflecting the presidential transition from Joe Biden to Donald Trump. Republicans' trust has surged, while Democrats' has tumbled.

Multiple Line Chart: Trends in Americans' trust in state and local governments.

The Data: Since 2020, an average of 58% of Americans have said they trust their state government to handle state problems, and 67% have said they trust their local government to handle local problems.

Historical Context: Americans continue to have faith in their state and local governments relative to the declines observed for federal government institutions. Since the 1970s, average trust in local government has remained steady; average trust in state government has declined by 12 points, far less than is seen for the three federal government branches.