Some experts are arguing that it’s time for the census to aggressively make use of government data and other sources to augment its own decennial count. By Michael Wines WASHINGTON — Beyond the ...

President Donald Trump wants changes made to census data collection which would exclude foreign-born residents in the U.S. Census data is taken every 10 years and includes information about residents ...

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, ...

"We found 371 federal assistance programs we can connect to census data...these 371 programs accounted for $2.2T in a single fiscal year," Sean Moulton said.

Getting a census count wrong can cost communities big. A March 10 report from the US Census Bureau showed an overcount of white and Asian people and an undercount of people who identify as Black, ...

It was the first census after World War II. The baby boom had begun. The Great Migration of Black residents from the Jim Crow South to places like Detroit and Chicago was in full swing. And some ...

With preparations for the 2030 census already underway, President Trump said Thursday he has instructed his administration to start work on a "new" census. According to a social media post by Trump, ...

President Donald Trump and the Republican Party have spent the better part of the president’s second term radically reshaping the federal government. But in recent weeks, the GOP has set its sights on ...

It is now easy to access information on individuals from that census, but beware of misspelled names. By Michael Wines The National Archives and Records Administration posted millions of records from ...

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