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Hurricane Milton is a Category 5. Florida orders evacuations and scrambles to clear Helene’s debris
The center of Hurricane Milton could come ashore Wednesday in the Tampa Bay region, which has not endured a direct hit by a major hurricane in more than a century.
The Census Bureau is thinking about how to ask about sex. People have their opinions
The U.S. Census Bureau is thinking about how to ask about sex. People have opinions. Dozens of health officials, civil rights groups, individuals and businesses have weighed in about how...
In Hurricane Ian’s wake, dangers persist, worsen in parts
People kayaking down streets that were passable just a day or two earlier. Hundreds of thousands without power. National Guard helicopters flying rescue missions to residents still stranded on Florida’s...
Detroit is largest city to challenge 2020 census numbers
Majority-Black Detroit has become the largest U.S. city to challenge its figures from the 2020 census following a national head count in which the U.S. Census Bureau acknowledges that a...
People, homes vanish due to 2020 census’ new privacy method
The three-bedroom colonial-style house where Jessica Stephenson has lived in Milwaukee for the last six years bustles with activity on any given weekday, filled with the chattering of children in...
Census shows U.S. is diversifying, white population shrinking
The U.S. became more diverse and more urban over the past decade, and the non-Hispanic white population dropped for the first time on record, the Census Bureau reported Thursday as...
Residents left big metros during pandemic for family, study shows
Cece Linder was living in a 770-square-foot apartment outside Washington, D.C., last spring when the area went into lockdown because of the coronavirus pandemic.
What¶¶Òõap behind the growth slump? Takeaways from U.S. census data.
The first batch of once-every-decade data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows a United States that is growing less quickly but still seeing its population shift to the South and...
Young adults’ relocations are reshaping political geography
Drawn by jobs and overlooked cultural amenities, millennials have helped add new craft breweries, condominiums and liberal voters to these once more-conservative places.
Lawsuits over execution of 2020 census near conclusions
Two legal challenges to the Trump administration's execution of the 2020 census neared conclusions this week in the face of changes brought by President Joe Biden's administration since he took...