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Multiracial boom in 2020 census was mostly an illusion, researchers say

When 2020 census results were released more than three years ago, they showed a 276% boom in the number of people classified as multiracial in the United States since 2010

The Independent UK

The world population will be 8.09 billion on New Year's Day after a 71 million increase in 2024

The world population increased by more than 71 million people in 2024 and will be 8.09 billion people on New Year’s Day

The Independent UK

US census data shows how Middle Eastern and Hispanic residents differ in racial identity

The U.S. Census Bureau currently is getting public feedback about how it should tally responses from people into new race and ethnicity groups

The Independent UK

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U.S. Census Bureau Updates Immigration Counting Methodology

Learn about the U.S. Census Bureau's updated immigrant counting methodology and its impact on population estimates.

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The US Census Bureau is adding refugees to its immigrant count

The U.S. Census Bureau is changing how it counts international migration in its annual population estimates

The Independent UK

Immigration Boom During Biden Administration Becomes Largest in American History, New NYT Analysis Reveals

The recent immigration surge, which started in 2021 and ended around 2023, is the largest in U.S. history, surpassing those in the 1800s and 1900s.

Latin Times

Forget downtown or the ’burbs. The far-flung exurbs are where people are moving

Not long ago, Polk County’s biggest draw was citrus

The Independent UK

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Project 2025 will ‘upend’ the lives of Black Americans, new report shows

Legal analysis released by Legal Defense Fund highlights specific harms rightwing plan poses to Black communities

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What's behind the widening gender wage gap?

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 Independent UK

Lilly Ledbetter, an icon of the fight for equal pay, has died at 86

Former President Barack Obama signed into law the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act

The Independent UK

Indigenous voters could be crucial

Tim Walz is entrusted with outreach to Native Americans, a group that has tilted toward GOP in some states

Salon

Percentage of foreign-born people in the U.S. at its highest in over 100 years with Latinos leading the pack

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

Latin Times

Official US poverty rate declined in 2023, but more people faced economic hardship

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,…

The Conversation

US Household Incomes Rose In 2023: Census Bureau

Last year's median income was $80,610, up an inflation-adjusted 4% over 2022 and marked the first statistically significant increase since 2019.

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U.S. Household Income Rebounds To Pre-COVID Levels In 2023

2023 Census Bureau data shows a 4% rise in median household income, nearing 2019 levels, with a slight drop in poverty rates.

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Americans' inflation-adjusted incomes rebounded to pre-pandemic levels last year

The inflation-adjusted median income of U.S. households rebounded last year to roughly its 2019 level, overcoming the biggest price spike in four decades to restore most Americans’ purchasing power

The Independent UK

It's official, the census says: Gay male couples like San Francisco. Lesbians like the Berkshires

Gay male couples tend to gravitate toward big cities, while lesbian couples prefer more pastoral smaller cities or towns

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Homeschooling Grows as an Escape from Failing Schools and Curriculum Fights

Turned off by fumbling public schools and curriculum wars, families teach their own kids.

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Harris brought prosecutorial approach during time in Senate - Roll Call

Vice President Kamala Harris’ likely ballot matchup this fall against former President Donald Trump will echo her time in the Senate.

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Noncitizens are less likely to participate in a census with citizenship question, study says

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

The Independent UK

US census takers to conduct test runs in the South and West 4 years before 2030 count

Six places in the South and West will host practice runs for the next U.S. head count in 2030

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When was your state founded?

The oldest state in the United States is Delaware, established in 1787, and the youngest is Hawaii, established in 1959.

The Independent UK

'This is break glass in case of emergency stuff': Analysts alarmed by threats to US data gathering

Statisticians and demographers are sounding the alarm about threats to official data gathering in the U.S. They warn that funding for the federal statistical agencies is inadequate and measures in a House appropriations bill could undermine what Americans know about themselves

The Independent UK

The Census Bureau failed to adequately monitor advertising contracts for 2020 census, watchdog says

The Office of Inspector General says the Census Bureau didn’t adequately monitor contract orders worth hundreds of millions of dollars dealing with advertising to promote participation in the 2020 census

The Independent UK

Armenians, Hmong and other groups feel US race and ethnicity categories don't represent them

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

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