Census Bureau makes biggest modification in decades to how it ...

The Census Bureau said using housing units instead of population will allow it to make updates in fast-growing areas in between the once-a- ...

US Census Bureau redefines 'urban' America as part of biggest ...

The Census Bureau this year made the biggest modification in decades to the definition of an urban area. The bureau adjusts the definition ...

Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades

Although the U.S. Census Bureau carries out hundreds of surveys every year, its most well-known duty is still to conduct the decennial census.

U.S. Population Trends Return to Pre-Pandemic Norms

DEC. 19 — Population trends are returning to pre-pandemic norms as the number of annual deaths decreased last year and migration reverted to ...

Building a Modern, Data-Centric Ecosystem - U.S. Census Bureau

In this case, the Census Bureau was able to respond quickly after the pandemic hit by creating and fielding the Household Pulse Survey (HPS).

Improving the Census | Brennan Center for Justice

This paper sets forth a blueprint for reforming the law and policy of the decennial population count. Our goal is to make future censuses more accurate, ...

Continuity and Change in the U.S. Decennial Census | PRB

The first nation in the world to take a regular population census, the United States has been counting its population every 10 years since 1790—as required by ...

How Do We Know About Our Nation Through the Decades

... most basic ways to understand population change over time. Explore Data Main. Access demographic, economic and population data from the U.S. Census Bureau.

US population by year, race, age, ethnicity, & more - USAFacts

The Census Bureau's Population and Housing Estimates Program (PEP) data by county includes details like counts by age, race, or ethnicity and goes back for ...

Reflecting on Years Past and Looking Forward to 2024

Over the years, the CPS has made modifications to measure the ever-changing population and labor force characteristics of the United States ...

2020 Census: Changes and Impacts | Data Driven Detroit

The main measurable and consistent change in the 2020 Census is adapting geographic boundaries (block, block group, tract, etc.) to new population estimates.

U.S. Census Bureau at a Glance

Every year, the Census Bureau publishes population estimates and demographic components of change, such as births, deaths, and migration. This ...

U.S. Census Bureau | U.S. Department of Commerce

Growth was in large part due to Americans making and spending more. Consumer spending increased 3.7%, the most since early 2023, thanks to rising incomes.

Big Population Shifts in Cities and Towns One Year Into Pandemic

The decennial census serves as a starting point for each decade of subcounty population estimates. Cities and towns are more likely than larger ...

History of the U.S. Census - Research Guides at Library of Congress

Mandated by law and billed as the largest peacetime mobilization effort anywhere in the world, the U.S. Decennial Census, officially known as ...

National 50-state population projections: 2030, 2040, 2050

A comparison across the Census Bureau defined regions reveals that population growth over the next several decades is expected to continue to ...

U.S. centenarian population is projected to quadruple over the next ...

... and older looks today, and how it is expected to change in the next 30 years. U.S. population estimates come from the U.S. Census Bureau, and ...

Census Records: The 72-Year Rule - Pieces of History

The 1870 census records were made available when they were transferred to the Archives in 1942, 72 years after the census was taken. This ...

Population Growth in Most States Lags Long-Term Trends

Due to the varying data revision practices by the U.S. Census Bureau, the rates of natural change and net migration may not always sum up to the ...

Modified Race Data - U.S. Census Bureau

The race categories from each Census are reconciled with those race categories that appear in the data from administrative records.