A little-known algorithmic process called “differential privacy” helps keep census data anonymous. Conservatives want it gone ...

In April, the Census released its report on registration and voting in the 2024 election. The data make it possible to look at many voter characteristics such as race and ethnicity, gender, age, ...

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This month, the Census Department released its annual reports on income, poverty and health insurance in 2024. The main message was that things were more or less unchanged from the year before; the ...

As federal agencies brace for the Trump administration's next round of slashing the U.S. government, recent staff departures are already raising concerns about whether the Census Bureau can continue ...

An apparent attempt by the U.S. Census Bureau to follow an executive order by President Trump targeting gender identity led to the public losing access for days to certain key statistics. The lack of ...

The country's immigrant population may have dropped by roughly 2 million people in the first six months of the year, according to new government data. The new data offer an early – if imperfect – ...

President Donald Trump said Thursday he has directed the Department of Commerce to begin work on a new census that excludes undocumented immigrants, citing data from the 2024 presidential election as ...

The United States Census Bureau has released a list of cities with the highest population growth. The agency tracked population growth from July 2023 to July 2024, and found that cities across the ...

King County is growing like it’s the 2010s again. According to data released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau, King County’s population grew by about 43,400 from July 1, 2023, to July 1, 2024, for a ...