Last week, the U.S. Census Bureau released the first numbers from the once-every-10-years count of Americans. The data helps determine representation in Congress and big shares of federal funding. But ...

A new phase of census data releases started last month as the U.S. Census Bureau completed its process of counting the population of the country. The bureau released state-by-state population data in ...

The head count of every U.S. resident in 2020 helped guide the distribution of $2.8 trillion in annual federal spending, underscoring the importance of participating in the once-a-decade census, ...

Suggested Citation: "Appendix E: 2020 Census Group Quarters Definitions and Type Code List." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2023. Assessing the 2020 Census: Final Report.

Last year's approximately $14.2 billion census likely undercounted people of color at higher rates than those of the previous once-a-decade tally, an Urban Institute study involving simulated census ...

A sign on the back of a truck encourages people to fill out the census in Reading, Pa., in September 2020 Credit: (Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images) Want more? Subscribe to our ...

The 2020 Census undercounted the Black, Latino and indigenous populations, even more so than in the last decade's Census. The undercount comes after delays of data collection caused by COVID-19 and an ...

The U.S. is increasingly multiracial and urban, according to the 2020 census. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Population growth is ...

The United States is more diverse and more multiracial than ever before, according to new 2020 Census data released on Thursday. “Our analysis of the 2020 Census results show that the US population is ...

Much of the work of environmental justice — the fights to clean up the air and offer better access to green space — is about convincing those with political influence that the issues affecting ...

Suggested Citation: "6 Self-Response to the Census." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2023. Assessing the 2020 Census: Final Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies ...