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Government support credited with decline in poverty in 2020
Sep 14, 2021
The Census Bureau's supplemental poverty measure showed a big decline from 2019, despite a year of pandemic-induced economic disruption.
LGBT community hit hard by economic impact of the pandemic
Aug 13, 2021
The recent Census household Pulse survey found LGBT people were almost twice as likely to be experiencing food insecurity as other Americans.
U.S. Census to release first local data from 2020 survey
Aug 12, 2021
These numbers have major political and economic implications.
How COVID-19 could affect census funding
by
Janet Nguyen
Sep 9, 2020
The COVID-19 crisis has particularly affected the counting of people living in group settings, like college towns.
Census data shows fewer seniors are living alone
Dec 19, 2019
There's hasn't been in increase in seniors in nursing homes, either.
New census data shows inequality continues to grow in the U.S.
by
Erika Beras
Sep 26, 2019
Top earners took a bigger slice of the income pie, while everyone else's slices shrank.
As farmers age, they face the challenge of finding successors to take over
by
Julia Mitric
May 21, 2019
Farmers across America are getting older and weighing the fate of their farms.
For public good, not for profit.
The fastest—and slowest—growing counties in the U.S.
by
Janet Nguyen
Apr 19, 2019
Counties in Texas, North Dakota and Florida are experiencing a high rate of population growth.
Can technology make the census more accurate?
by
Molly Wood
and Kristin Schwab
Oct 31, 2017
The census influences how hundreds of billions of dollars are spent. Will reaching out online improve the response rate?
Census Bureau to release new poverty numbers
Sep 13, 2016
The agency will release rates of poverty and health insurance coverage for 2015.