Census

A Judge Blocked the Census From Asking About Citizenship. Here's Why It Matters

By Abigail Abrams

The U.S. Population Is Growing at the Slowest Rate Since 1937

By Katie Reilly

Former Cybersecurity Officials Are Worried About the 2020 Census

By Abby Vesoulis

Here's Why U.S. Census Questions Are So Controversial

By Katy Steinmetz
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Census Citizenship Question Has Huge Implications

Critics charge that the Trump Administration’s decision to add a question about citizenship to the 2020 census could make government information less accurate, leading to an uneven distribution of federal money and tilting the political...

By Maya Rhodan

3 Ways Societies Counted Populations Before the U.S. Census

From knotted threads to parish surveys

By Olivia B. Waxman

Why the Census Matters Now More Than Ever

As its director resigned, Congress cut its budget and the President questions facts

By Haley Sweetland Edwards

The Head of the Census Resigned. It Could Be as Serious as James Comey

In a week dominated by President Trump’s firing of FBI director James Comey, you could be forgiven for missing the imminent departure of another, less prominent federal official.Yet the news this week that John H....

By Haley Sweetland Edwards

Holder Met With Pelosi to Talk About Redistricting

Former Attorney General Eric Holder met privately with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi on Capitol Hill today to discuss a new Democratic Congressional redistricting project. The project, called the National Democratic Redistricting Committee and led...

By Sam Frizell

White Deaths Exceed Births in 17 States

Including states with rural and urban areas

By Josh Sanburn

Our Obsession with Happiness Is Making Us Miserable

These are today's best ideas

By The Aspen Institute

This State Has the Most Millennials Living With Their Parents

A guide to the boomerang states

By Belinda Luscombe and Chris Wilson

Simone Biles' Family Situation Is Becoming More Common

More than 60 million Americans live in multi-generational homes

By Belinda Luscombe

Study: 1.4 Million Americans Identify as Transgender

The estimate, from UCLA's Williams Institute, has doubled

By Katy Steinmetz

Laverne Cox: Count LGBT People on Cenus

The actress joined members of Congress to demand reforms in data collection

By Katy Steinmetz

The Story Behind America's First Commercial Computer

The U.S. Census Bureau signed a contract for it on Mar. 31, 1951

By Merrill Fabry

These Are America’s Fastest Growing Cities

Metro areas in the Lone Star State top the list

By Josh Sanburn

Great Recession Hit Some Parts of U.S. Harder

These areas saw an increase in poverty and declines in homeownership and income

By Josh Sanburn

Detroit Still America's Poorest Big City

There's no change at the bottom

By Josh Sanburn

Foreign-Born Population of Hispanics in America Down

And seems to be going lower

By Tanya Basu
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