The Latest Breaking News from the Census Bureau

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

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 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,…

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

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

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

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

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