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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

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,…

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Half of all households in the country can’t afford a normal starter home

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.

Fortune

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

Latinos accounted for the majority of the overall U.S. population increase between 2022 and 2023

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

Latin Times

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

The Independent UK

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Is Congress representative of the American people?

Congress is older, more educated, and made up of a higher share of men than the US population.

USAFacts

Dade Phelan’s Efforts to Expand Healthcare Still Leave Many Struggling in His District

The House speaker has never backed full Medicaid expansion, and GOP resistance could now harden.

Texas Observer

U.S. Census Bureau Considers Adding Questions On Sexual Orientation And Gender Identity

The U.S. Census Bureau is considering adding questions about sexual orientation and gender identity to its American Community Survey. The proposed question...

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The Census Bureau is dropping a controversial proposal to change disability statistics

After public outcries, the U.S. Census Bureau says it's no longer moving ahead with proposed survey changes that could have shrunk a key estimated rate of disability in the U.S. by about 40%.

WEKU

What will America’s population look like by 2100?

The Census Bureau estimates there will be 1.2 million more deaths than births in the year 2100.

USAFacts

Census Bureau wants to change how it asks about disabilities. Some advocates don't like it

The U.S. Census Bureau wants to change how it asks people about disabilities, and some advocates don't like where things are heading

The Independent UK

The immigrant population in the U.S. is climbing again, setting a record last year

Census Bureau data show the number of foreign-born people rose by nearly a million in 2022 after years of little growth. Experts say the increase coincides with a gradual reboot of legal immigration.

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Child poverty in the US more than doubled after pandemic aid expired

Joe Biden blasts congressional Republicans for the ‘deliberate policy choice’ behind surging poverty

USAFacts

What does living at the poverty line look like?

Inflation affects families at different income levels unevenly as the poorest Americans pay a larger share of their incomes on food and housing.

Axios

The Northeast is losing out to America's new economic hotspots

Americans are spreading out, physically and economically.

Tribune News Service

A $100 billion wealth migration tilts US economy’s center of gravity south

Drive along the 240-mile stretch of the Atlantic coast from Charleston, South Carolina, through the grassy marsh land of southern Georgia and down into northern Florida, and you’ll see one of the most profound economic shifts in the U.S. today.

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What the 2020 census can — and can't — tell us about LGBTQ people

The Census Bureau has released the most comprehensive national statistics to date about same-sex couples living together in the U.S. But many other LGBTQ people remain invisible in the census data.

The Independent UK

Census Bureau rejects many big-city challenges that claimed the 2020 headcount missed their people

Some of America's largest cities that challenged their 2020 census numbers are hearing back from the U.S. Census Bureau

WEKU

The 2020 census may have missed a big share of noncitizens, the bureau estimates

A large share of non-U.S. citizens may have been missed in the 2020 tally of the country's residents, the Census Bureau says. The tally affects the distribution of political power and federal funds.

The Independent UK

With detailed race question, Census may end ancestry ask

The U.S. Census Bureau is contemplating getting rid of a question about a person’s ancestry on its most comprehensive survey

Kiplinger

New Data Shows How the Pandemic Changed Work From Home Habits

The Census Bureau released new data that showed exactly how the pandemic changed work from home habits.

Chicago Sun-Times

Census Bureau’s inaccurate population estimates create ‘misleading narrative’ about Illinois

U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi has been trying to force the Census Bureau to retool its population estimates because they have been so awfully inaccurate going back years and years.

Tribune News Service

Urban areas are adding people and gobbling up land in most states

The percentage of residents living in areas the U.S. Census Bureau calls “urban” grew in 36 states between 2010 and 2020, led by booming cities and suburbs in the South, Southwest, Midwest and California, according to a new Stateline analysis.

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