Nation May 06

A new study and Census Bureau data show migrants moved out of the nation’s largest metropolitan areas and into smaller ones during the pandemic.

Nation Apr 26

The nation's political center of gravity keeps shifting further to the Republican-led South and West.

Politics Apr 13

If confirmed, Robert Santos would become the first person of color to serve as a permanent director of the Census Bureau, the nation's largest statistical agency.

Politics Mar 23

The Census Bureau had a new automated system for the 2020 count. Called "the optimizer," it was designed to create efficient routes for census takers as they knocked on doors of households that hadn't yet responded to the survey.

Nation Feb 12

Officials at the statistical agency blamed operational delays during the 2020 census caused by the pandemic.

Nation Feb 06

The human loss from the coronavirus will not be reflected in the 2020 census because of a matter of timing, which could save a congressional seat for New York but cost Alabama one.

Nation Jan 27

The deadline for turning in the apportionment numbers has been a moving target since the pandemic upended the Census Bureau's once-a-decade head count of every U.S. resident.

Politics Jan 26

If confirmed, as expected, Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo, a former venture capitalist, would be responsible for promoting opportunities for economic growth domestically and overseas.

Politics Jan 18

U.S. Census Bureau director Steven Dillingham says he plans to resign with the change in presidential administrations. Dillingham had been facing criticism over efforts to produce citizenship data to comply with an order from President Donald Trump.

Nation Jan 13

The director of the U.S. Census Bureau is indefinitely halting efforts to compile data on who is in the country illegally after receiving blowback from civil rights groups and concerns raised by bureau statisticians about the accuracy of such figures.