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World population up 75 million this year, standing at 8 billion on Jan. 1
If the current pace continues through the end of the decade, the 2020s could be the slowest-growing decade in U.S. history.
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Why more women live in major East Coast counties while men outnumber them in the West
There are more women than men in some of the largest urban U.S. counties east of the Mississippi River, on the Eastern Seaboard and in the Deep South.
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Census Bureau changes may artificially reduce number of people with disabilities in half, advocates say
The U.S. Census Bureau wants to change how it asks people about disabilities, and some advocates don’t like where things are heading.
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Feeling crowded yet? The US Census Bureau estimates the world's population has passed 8 billion
People living to older ages account for much of the recent increase.
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Census Bureau wants to test asking about sexual orientation and gender identity
The U.S. Census Bureau is asking the Biden administration for permission to test questions about sexual orientation and gender identity for people age 15 and above on its most comprehensive annual survey of life in the country.
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All Hail the Northeast Megalopolis, the Census Bureau Region Home to Roughly 1 in 6 Americans
The U.S. Census Bureau, in some ways, considers a series of several major cities stretched between Northern Virginia and New Hampshire to be one large, connected metropolitan area: the Megalopolis.