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The 2020 US Census undercounted Black, Latino and Indigenous households while White and Asian populations were overcounted, officials say
The census, which is mandated every 10 years under the US Constitution, is used to decide Congressi…
Natalie Musumeci
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India's decennial census to be delayed further say officials
The housing listing phase of the census and the exercise to update the National Population Register…
PTI
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Inside the 3 fastest-growing cities of the past decade, where people also flocked in droves during the pandemic
A Texas tech hub, an idyllic Utah mountain town, and a massive Florida retirement community all boo…
Taylor Borden
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A striking US census map shows how much rural America has shrunk in the past decade
Massive swaths of Middle America have seen a decrease in population growth since 2010, according to…
Natalie Musumeci,Madison Hoff
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West Virginia had the largest population drop in the US from 2010 to 2020, the census shows
In 2010, the population of the Mountain State stood at 1.85 million, but by 2020, that number had d…
John L. Dorman
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5 takeaways from the long-awaited 2020 US Census
New demographic data from the 2020 Census was released on Thursday, revealing how the makeup of The…
Rebecca Cohen,Madison Hoff,Na…
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Sun Belt states will gain House seats but the Rust Belt will lose congressional representation as the 2020 census shifts power
Texas and Florida will gain House seats, while Northeastern and Midwest states will lose seats, acc…
Grace Panetta
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A key change in the Census showed the US is diversifying across all age groups. Here's why that matters
There's no ethnic majority among children for the first time. Researchers say the US was already mo…
Madison Hall
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Census: The 10 most populous US cities are led by NYC, Los Angeles, and Chicago; Phoenix leapfrogs Philadelphia to claim the No. 5 spot
A row of brownstones in the Fort Greene neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York.Busà Photography/Getty I…
John L. Dorman
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This map shows the fastest growing and shrinking cities in America over the last decade
Most of the United States' 384 metropolitan areas added population between 2010 and 2020. The bigge…
Andy Kiersz
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The fastest growing metro area in the US is a Republican-leaning retirement community in Florida
The retirement community in Florida, where the main mode of transportation is golf carts, grew from…
Ayelet Sheffey,Andy Kiersz
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The gender pay gap shrank in 2020, but not because companies started paying women more
Women working full-time, year-round made 83 cents for every dollar men made in 2020, according to m…
Madison Hoff
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Post-2020 redistricting cycle kicks off with release of long-delayed Census data
The Census Bureau's trove of data allows states to draw new boundaries for congressional and legisl…
Grace Panetta
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America's white population fell for the first time in US history, 2020 Census data shows
The dip marks the first time since the Census was implemented in 1790 that the amount of people who…
Azmi Haroun
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Here are the counties that grew and shrank the most from 2019 to 2020
Comal County, Texas, grew the fastest in a year among counties with a population of at least 10,000…
Madison Hoff
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Poverty went up in 2020, but stimulus checks and beefed up unemployment benefits were a lifeline for millions of Americans
Stimulus checks lifted 11.7 million people out of poverty in 2020, according to data from the Censu…
Madison Hoff
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Sen. Ted Cruz feuds with Trevor Noah on Twitter: 'I remember when the Daily Show was funny'
"Basically, immigration is down and the birth rate is falling, primarily due to this photo," Noah s…
John L. Dorman
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1 in 9 people in Puerto Rico left the territory in the last decade, new US Census data release shows
The territory saw the largest percent decrease in population of any US state or territory, accordin…
Madison Hall
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I spent 3 months as a Census worker. I was threatened, cursed at, and kicked off many front porches, but still did my best to make sure every resident was counted.
Although his interview questions only took a few minutes, Vincent Lacey says some days felt like on…
Vincent Lacey
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This map shows where immigrants are moving in the US
Just over 70% of the 3,143 counties and county-equivalents saw positive net international migration…