Census redefines ‘rural’ and ‘urban,’ surprising some Illinois officials With funding and grants potentially on the line, some village administrators aren’t sure what to expect in the years to come. Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 29, 2022
World population projected at 7.9 billion on New Year's Day The world population is projected to be 7.9 billion people on New Year’s Day 2023, with nearly 74 million people added since New Year’s Day 2022 The Independent UK · Dec 29, 2022
1,000 places bumped into rural category with urban change Almost 1,000 towns, hamlets and villages in the U.S. lost their status as urban areas as the U.S. Census Bureau released a new list of places considered urban based on revised criteria The Independent UK · Dec 29, 2022
Florida is the fastest-growing state in the nation, census estimates show It’s not your imagination: People really are flocking to Florida. Tribune News Service · Dec 29, 2022
The U.S. population is finally growing again—but not because Americans are having more kids After nearly flatlining last year, census data suggests US population growth may be back on track again. Fortune · Dec 23, 2022
Texas is now home to 30 million people Texas has joined California as the only other state in the nation with a population of more than 30 million, according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau. The Texas Tribune · Dec 23, 2022
Women and men ask for raises the same amount. Men get them more often. Men’s outsize ability to nab raises is a particularly bad look, given how poorly women are paid to begin with—per the Census Bureau, an estimated 82 cents on the man’s dollar. Fortune · Dec 17, 2022
The lame-duck Senate has a new bill to protect the census after Trump's interference Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, has introduced a last-minute bill that could help protect the 2030 census and other counts from political interference. It's unlikely to move ahead. WEKU · Dec 16, 2022
I was scammed. Now what? Banking and money scams and frauds online are becoming more common. Here's what they are, popular ones to watch out for, and how to protect yourself Fortune · Dec 15, 2022
Census Bureau tables controversial privacy tool for survey The U.S. Census Bureau is putting on hold plans to apply by 2025 a controversial method for protecting the privacy of participants in its most comprehensive survey of Americans after facing pushback from prominent researchers and demographers The Independent UK · Dec 14, 2022
Telecommute culture takes root in Calif. COVID-19 has transformed California’s workplace culture in ways researchers say will reverberate well beyond 2022 Salon · Nov 29, 2022
Census Bureau chief defends new privacy tool against critics The U.S. Census Bureau’s chief is defending a new tool meant to protect the privacy of people participating in the agency’s questionnaires against calls to abandon it by prominent researchers and demographers The Independent UK · Nov 28, 2022
Why inequality is growing in the US and around the world U.S. income inequality grew in 2021 for the first time in a decade, according to data the Census Bureau released in September 2022. The Conversation · Nov 1, 2022
Census: Detailed age, sex data may be limited based on place Want to know the age and sex breakdown of people of Japanese ancestry in your U.S. state or territory The Independent UK · Oct 28, 2022
USAFacts · Oct 14, 2022 What drives differences in population growth among states? Domestic migration is the largest driver of different growth rates, followed by births.
USAFacts · Oct 7, 2022 Which states have the least and most crime? Northeastern states have the lowest crime rates, while states in the South and West have the most crime
USAFacts · Oct 7, 2022 Which states have the highest and lowest crime rates? Between 2021 and 2022, New York’s violent crime rate rose 39.2%, while its property crime rate rose 64.3%.
The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2022 Hurricane hit areas led US with missing 2020 census data Two Louisiana parishes devastated by two hurricanes and two rural Nebraska counties had among the highest rates of households with missing information about themselves during the 2020 census that required the U.S. Census Bureau to use a statistical technique to fill in gaps
Salon · Oct 1, 2022 A fall COVID surge? Yeah, I know Leaves are falling, temperatures are dropping — how about another COVID surge with that hot cider?
The Independent UK · Sep 18, 2022 Report: Some census takers who fudged data didn't get fired A watchdog group has determined that some census takers who falsified information during the 2020 census didn’t have their work redone fully, weren’t fired in a timely manner and in some cases even received bonuses
Tribune News Service · Sep 16, 2022 Latinos estimated to outnumber Anglos as the largest population group in Texas Latinos may have eclipsed non-Hispanic whites as the dominant population in Texas, according to new data from the Census Bureau.
The Independent UK · Sep 15, 2022 House OKs bill to curb political interference with census The House has passed legislation on a party-line vote that aims to make it harder for future presidents to interfere in the once-a-decade headcount that determines political power and federal funding
WEKU · Sep 15, 2022 A bill to block census interference passed the House. Its Senate path is unclear The U.S. House has passed a bill that could help protect the 2030 census and other future head counts from political interference. But it's not clear how much support the bill has in the Senate.
Axios · Sep 15, 2022 The number of people working remotely tripled during COVID 17.9% of people primarily worked from home in 2021, compared with 5.7% in 2019, per new Census data.
The Independent UK · Sep 15, 2022 Unwed couples grew, US was more wired in COVID's 1st years During the first two years of the pandemic, the number of people working from home tripled, home values grew and the percentage of people who spend more than a third of their income on rent went up