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In 2 states, 1 in 20 residents missed during US head count

Motherhood deferred: US median age for giving birth hits 30

Report: About 6M adults identify as Afro Latino in the US

100s of US urban areas will become rural with new criteria

Hundreds of the urban areas in the U.S. are becoming rural, and it’s not because of anything they’ve done.

Homeschooling surge continues despite schools reopening

The coronavirus pandemic ushered in what may be the most rapid rise in homeschooling the U.S. has ever seen.

EXPLAINER: Why some states still lack new voting districts

Campaigns for Congress are underway for this year’s elections, but lingering disagreements over the final shape of new voting districts have left some candidates — and would-be candidates — in limbo.

Census records from 1950 could solve some family mysteries

The first-ever publication of 1950 census records promises to solve some family mysteries for amateur genealogists and family historians.

Amazon workers in NYC vote to unionize in historic labor win

Amazon workers in Staten Island, New York, voted to unionize on Friday, marking the first successful U.S. organizing effort in the retail giant’s history.

'Gold mine' of census records being released from 1950

Genealogists and historians can get a microscopic look at sweeping historical trends when individual records from the 1950 census are released this week.

In 1st full year of pandemic, biggest metros lost residents

In the first full year of the pandemic, the New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Chicago metro areas had the greatest population losses in the nation.

Time to retool census? Some think so after minorities missed

Policymakers and demographers have been asking whether it's time to rethink the census after results released last week that showed Black, Hispanic and American Indian residents were undercounted in greater rates in 2020 than a decade ago.

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Census data shows Duval County poverty rate improved, but effects varied by race

New Census data shows that Duval County families have seen their incomes go up over the past decade, but despite the improvement, there are still economic disparities.

US grew wealthier, better educated in 2nd half of 2010s

New data released by the Census Bureau shows the U.S. grew wealthier, better educated and poverty declined during the second half of the last decade.

2020 census: Jacksonville sees large increase in African American population

More African Americans are moving to Jacksonville from larger cities, according to an Associated Press report on the 2020 census.

US Black population: The biggest growth is in smaller cities

The largest African American growth in pure numbers over the past decade didn’t take place in traditional hubs of Black life such as Atlanta or Houston, but rather in smaller cities with lower profiles.

Census: Black population grows in suburbs, shrinks in cities

For decades, Black residents have been leaving some of the nation's largest cities while suburbs have seen Black population growth.

Some minority groups missed at higher rate in 2020 US census

A new report shows Black, Hispanic and American Indian residents were missed at higher rates than a decade ago during the 2020 U.S. census.

Native Americans fret as report card released on 2020 census

The U.S. Census Bureau will release reports Thursday that show how good of a job the agency believes it did in counting every U.S. resident during the 2020 census.

New Census director has faith in quality of 2020 numbers

The new U.S. Census Bureau director says he is listening to the concerns of data users and policymakers, and the agency is making permanent community outreach efforts, in an effort to restore any trust that was lost following attempts by the Trump administration to politicize the nation’s head count.

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‘Whoa, that’s not right’: Georgia towns lead census appeals

When officials in Chester, Georgia, heard that the 2020 census had pegged their small town at 525 people, their jaws dropped.

Let the challenges begin! Time for contesting census is here

The U.S. Census Bureau has begun accepting challenges from states, cities and tribal nations that want to contest the results of the 2020 census.

Survey: Parents increased quality time at pandemic's start

A new report from the U.S. Census Bureau shows that parents shared more meals and spent more quality time together with their children at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic than they had in previous years.

US population growth at lowest rate in pandemic's 1st year

U.S. population growth dipped to its lowest rate since the nation’s founding during the first year of the pandemic.

Census Bureau works to improve confidence in 2020 headcount

The Census Bureau is working to increase the public's confidence in the numbers it gathered during the 2020 census.

How Ohio's new US congressional map sprinted into law

Ohio's final congressional map sprinted through the Legislature last week and was signed by Republican Gov. Mike DeWine over the weekend, all in less than five days.

Contrary to popular belief, no great migration in pandemic

Contrary to popular belief, there has been no great migration in the U.S. during the pandemic.

US population center moves 11.8 miles; still in Missouri

Some people might describe Hartville, Missouri, as being in the middle of nowhere, but the U.S. Census Bureau says it’s the closest town to the middle of the nation.

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America is about to find where its once-a-decade heart is

America is about to find out where its heart is.

First person of color confirmed as next Census Bureau leader

The Senate has confirmed Robert Santos as the next U.S. Census Bureau director.

Are Arab Americans people of color? Mayor vote raises issue

One of the two candidates In Boston’s historic mayor’s race has found herself questioned about her decision to identify as a person of color.

People, homes vanish due to 2020 census' new privacy method

A statistical method used by the U.S. Census Bureau for the first time in 2020 to protect confidentiality has made people and occupied homes vanish, at least on paper, when they actually exist in the real world.

Illinois Dems embrace gerrymandering in fight for US House

In the fight to keep control of the U.S. House of Representatives, Democrats need help from the few places where state lawmakers can make 2022 difficult for Republicans.

Researchers worry about Census' gap in 2020 survey data

Researchers are worried about coronavirus-related disruptions to one of the U.S. Census Bureau’s most important surveys about how Americans live, saying a gap in the 2020 data will make it more difficult to understand the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and measure year-to-year changes.

College towns plan to challenge results of 2020 census

Some college towns plan to challenge the results of the 2020 census.

In South Texas, aging water system meets growing population

Designed more than a century ago, the Rio Grande Valley’s canal system in South Texas was built to irrigate the booming agricultural industry that once dominated the local economy.

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Texas GOP advances new maps that would tighten slipping grip

Texas lawmakers are on the brink of finishing redrawn U.S. House maps that would shore up their eroding dominance as voters peel away from the GOP in the state’s booming suburbs.

Puerto Rico ponders race amid surprising census results

The number of people in Puerto Rico who identified as “white” in the most recent census plummeted almost 80%, sparking a conversation of identity on an island breaking away from a past where race was not tracked and seldom debated in public.

Puzzle overhanging job market: When will more people return?

When the U.S. government issues the September jobs report on Friday, the spotlight will fall not only on how many people were hired last month.

Phoenix, other cities keep growing as climate danger rises

Soaring temperatures fueled by climate change are making it harder to live in some of the nation's fastest-growing cities, such as Phoenix and Las Vegas.

Rise in singles, who face economic costs, worry researchers

The share of single people in the U.S. has grown over the past three decades.

Census ponders producing less granular data in next release

U.S. Census Bureau officials are pondering whether to produce less granular data in the next release of 2020 census data, dealing with housing and family relationships.

Report: Births decline in pandemic may have turned corner

While there has been a decline in births in the U.S. during the pandemic, a new report suggests the drop may have turned a corner last March as births started rebounding.

Census: Relief programs staved off hardship in COVID crash

Massive government relief passed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic moved millions of Americans out of poverty last year, even as the official poverty rate increased slightly.

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