The Latest Breaking News from the Census Bureau

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

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

The Census Bureau categorizes nearly 50 million Americans as “some other race,” the majority of whom are ethnically Hispanic.

Consumer spending remained surprisingly strong in December, data from the Census Bureau showed.

Most states get a majority of their annual revenue from non-tax sources, such as federal funding, which increased during the pandemic.

Four years after the last census, almost a dozen small communities in the Midwest are going to be counted again in hopes of getting a new grocery store or more state funding to build roads, fire stations and parks

Texas grew by nearly half a million people in the past year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. But it was South Carolina that led the nation with its rate of population growth.