Millions of Americans list their ancestry as simply ‘American’ – but that share is shrinking. Census data shows where the ...

There are the families of Yemeni immigrants hired by Ford Motor Company to build cars in Detroit, and the Vietnamese refugees ...

As the United States approaches its 250th birthday, the Census Bureau offers a vivid way to trace the country’s growth, ...

In April, the Supreme Court began to hear arguments about one of the central requirements of the Constitution. It’s right there, in Article I, Section 2, clause 3: For a government of the people to ...

The Census Bureau is walking back plans to unveil a new, more inclusive way to document race and ethnicity, ...

Georgia’s population has grown by more than a half million people in the past five years, with nonwhite residents accounting ...

The U.S. Census Bureau will have new categories for race and ethnicity for the first time in 27 years, directly affecting people who identify as Hispanic, Latino, Middle Eastern and North African.

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