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Data released by the U.S. Census Bureau shows that Florida had four of the five fastest-growing metropolitan areas in the country from 2022 to 2023, led by the area that includes The Villages.

South Carolina and Florida were the two fastest-growing states in the U.S. this year. New estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau show that the South dominated population gains in 2023.

A survey of census, labor, environmental and myriad other factors by a national company found the Cape Coral area to be about halfway down a list of nearly 200 best and worst places to raise a family.

Robert Santos is the 26th director of the U.S. Census Bureau and the first Latino to hold that position. He spoke on Sundial Now about how he wants to establish more trust and engage with more Black and Latino communities.

Robert Santos is the 26th director of the U.S. Census Bureau and the first Latino to hold that position. He spoke on Sundial Now about how he wants to establish more trust and engage with more Black and Latino communities.

Around 1 in 20 residents in Arkansas and Tennessee were missed during the 2020 census, and four other U.S. states had significant undercounts of their populations. In Florida and Texas, undercounts appear to have cost them congressional seats too.

The Census Bureau has released its first report on the accuracy of the latest national head count that's used to distribute political representation and federal funding for the next decade.

Newly sworn-in Census Bureau Director Robert Santos told NPR it's important to make sure there are policies in place to better protect the agency from any future political interference.

Under federal law, the U.S. government must restrict access to people's records for the once-a-decade tally until 72 years after a count's Census Day. The exact origins of that timespan are murky.

After COVID-19 disruptions and Trump administration interference, last year's national head count may have undercounted people of color at higher rates than in 2010, an Urban Institute study finds.

Census experts with the American Statistical Association have been evaluating the state population numbers used to reallocate congressional seats and Electoral College votes for the next decade.

The white population is still the largest racial group in the U.S. Whether it is declining depends on how you define "white." Narrow definitions, researchers warn, can be misleading and dangerous.