By Tristan Justice, The Federalist - According to new data from the General Social Survey... just 19 percent of Americans last year said they were “very happy,” down from 31 percent, nearly a third, three years before. Twenty-four percent in 2021 said they were “not too happy.”.. Americans are also having fewer children than ever before... Just 3.6 million babies were born, according to CDC statistics, down from 3.7 million the year before.