This story is part of the KXAN Data Hub, where numbers help tell the whole story.We’ve created several data-driven stories and databases on topics including weather and climate, politics, education, sports and growth in Texas. Each story in the KXAN Data Hub is updated as new data becomes available. AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas added more […]
Jun. 19—The Greater Nashville Regional Council is currently working to verify the data collected during Lebanon’s Special Census. “We performed our census and had a lot of people work hard on it to get those numbers, and now it has to be verified,” Lebanon Mayor Rick Bell said. The Greater Nashville Regional Council will be […]
MISSISSIPPI COUNTY, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — There are small towns and then there are really small towns. So, what’s the smallest town in the Natural State? The town of Victoria is the smallest in Arkansas by population, according to the latest U.S. Census Bureau estimates. Victoria has 18 residents. Census: Fayetteville surpasses 100k residents in 2023 […]
Six cities in South Florida saw population increases in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. But the cities are not among the fastest growing in Florida. MORE: Florida has two of the 15 fastest growing cities in the US, Census says Here’s what to know about what the Census found from July 2022 to […]
After a brief lull during the COVID-19 pandemic, Raleigh is growing again. An estimated 482,295 people lived in the city last July 1, according to the latest municipal population estimates released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau. That’s up nearly 1.9% from a year earlier, the highest rate of annual population growth in the city […]
Though the city of Chicago has lost residents in recent years, the suburbs in Cook County have lost more, while suburbs far from the city are booming, new U.S. census estimates show. Chicago lost about 82,000 people, or 3% of its population, from April 2020 to July 2023, giving the city a total of 2,664,452 […]
May 15—1/3 Swipe or click to see more JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM A homeless encampment is seen, Tuesday, in Honolulu. 2/3 Swipe or click to see more STAR-ADVERTISER A homeless encampment along Lualualei Beach Park is seen the day before a planned city “enforcement” action, in July 2022. The number of homeless people on Oahu […]
Some Republicans in Congress are pushing to require a citizenship question on the questionnaire for the once-a-decade census and exclude people who aren’t citizens from the count that helps determines political power in the United States. The GOP-led House on Wednesday was expected to vote on the Equal Representation Act which would eliminate noncitizens from […]
When Monica Sanchez fills out official forms that inquire about race, she sometimes feels annoyed by the options. “I’m like: No, I’m not white. I’m not Black or Asian. That is basically the only options I’ve seen, including on medical documents, so I usually just choose ‘other,’” the Seattle-based speech language pathologist told NBC News. […]
The Office of Management and Budget announced Thursday that the U.S. government would revise how it categorizes race and ethnicity, adding the category of “Middle Eastern or North African” to forms such as the U.S. Census in order to better reflect an increasingly diverse population. The changes, the first to be implemented in 27 years, […]
In a battle to hold the U.S. Census Bureau accountable to accurately count Detroit’s population, with the mayor calling the bureau a “clown show,” the city is back with another lawsuit against the federal agency. The city claims the Census Bureau is underestimating Detroit’s population, which it says is 625,xxx, based on demolitions of abandoned […]
Mar. 28—Howard County’s population is continuing to grow, according to recent population estimates. As of July 1, 2023, the county’s population was 83,831, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s annual population estimates released earlier this year. That is an increase of 173 people, or 0.2%, from the county’s 2020 census population of 83,658 and a […]