The Latest Breaking News from Census Bureau

Resources for contraception, gender-affirming care, STIs and HIV flicker in and out of existence or vanish completely

The U.S. Census Bureau says improvements to the design of the 2020 census questions and the tabulating of answers led to an increase in the count of multiracial people in the United States

The first widening of the gender wage in 20 years is the latest indication that many women have paid a price for leaving the workforce at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, either because they lost their jobs or because they quit because of caretaking responsibilities

The figure rose to 14.3% in 2023, according to figures from the Census Bureau

The number of Americans living in poverty, according to the nation’s official definition, fell slightly to about 36.8 million in 2023, the Census Bureau announced on Sept. 10, 2024. The data released also indicated that the poverty rate declined a little. However, an alternative way to measure poverty ticked up,…

Americans need to make almost $80,000 to buy a typical starter home, according to Redfin. Data shows 50% of households earn thousands less than that.

Adding a citizenship question to the census reduces the participation of people who aren’t U.S. citizens, particularly those from Latin American countries

According to a new Census Bureau report, Hispanics accounted for about 70% of the U.S. population growth, driven primarily by births rather than migration

The federal government recently reclassified race and ethnicity groups in an effort to better capture the diversity of the United States, but some groups feel the changes are still missing the mark