The Latest Breaking News from the Census Bureau

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

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

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

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

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 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 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

Five of the seven states widely expected to be political battlegrounds in the 2024 presidential election have populations very much like that of the U.S. overall, in a range of demographic and socioeconomic measures.

The country recorded less than 3.6 million births last year, breaking two-year a growing trend that began after the pandemic