The census is a count of those living in the United States and in its territories: Puerto Rico, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

OAKLAND, Calif. -- A lot can change in 10 years. Think back to the spring of 2010. The iPhone did not let us take selfies, Netflix still offered DVD rentals by mail and a one-bedroom apartment was ...

Racial categories, which have been on every U.S. census, have changed from decade to decade, reflecting the politics and science of the times.

The U.S. Office of Management & Budget recently announced changes to the 2030 Census and how the government will collect and classify data moving forward. There are two notable edits that will have an ...

A little-known algorithmic process called “differential privacy” helps keep census data anonymous. Conservatives want it gone ...

Mirroring trends throughout the Northeast and Midwest, the population of Rhode Island cities rebounded last year after falling the year before, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates made public ...