Census Bureau, population growth
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The data contained continued alarming trends in birthrates and some surprising regions that are gaining population.
An estimated 7.1 million people moved to a different state between 2023 and 2024, Cen s us data released this week shows. For comparison, an estimated 297 million Americans remained in their same residence year over year, while about 29.9 million moved somewhere new but within the same state.
The Lone Star State is the fourth fastest-growing in the U.S., but population growth slowed compared to previous years.
WASHINGTON - Unmarried births have declined across the United States over the past decade, with new Census Bureau data showing that fewer than one-third of women who gave birth in 2023 were unmarried, down nearly five percentage points from 2011.
NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – New estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau this week show that New Mexico has seen its population decrease for the first time since 2022. From July 1, 2024, to July 1, 2025,
The U.S. Census Bureau will begin testing “new tools and methods” in March in six sites across the country as part of its preparation for the 2030 Census. Huntsville is one of those locations. Other testing sites include Colorado Springs, Colorado; Spartanburg, South Carolina; tribal lands in Arizona; western North Carolina; and west Texas.
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 taking another run at an old target: the US census.