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The U.S. population is finally growing again—but not because Americans are having more kids

After nearly flatlining last year, census data suggests US population growth may be back on track again.

Fortune

Texas is now home to 30 million people

Texas has joined California as the only other state in the nation with a population of more than 30 million, according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Texas Tribune

Women and men ask for raises the same amount. Men get them more often.

Men’s outsize ability to nab raises is a particularly bad look, given how poorly women are paid to begin with—per the Census Bureau, an estimated 82 cents on the man’s dollar.

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The lame-duck Senate has a new bill to protect the census after Trump's interference

Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, has introduced a last-minute bill that could help protect the 2030 census and other counts from political interference. It's unlikely to move ahead.

WEKU

I was scammed. Now what?

Banking and money scams and frauds online are becoming more common. Here's what they are, popular ones to watch out for, and how to protect yourself

Fortune

Census Bureau tables controversial privacy tool for survey

The U.S. Census Bureau is putting on hold plans to apply by 2025 a controversial method for protecting the privacy of participants in its most comprehensive survey of Americans after facing pushback from prominent researchers and demographers

The Independent UK

Telecommute culture takes root in Calif.

COVID-19 has transformed California’s workplace culture in ways researchers say will reverberate well beyond 2022

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Census Bureau chief defends new privacy tool against critics

The U.S. Census Bureau’s chief is defending a new tool meant to protect the privacy of people participating in the agency’s questionnaires against calls to abandon it by prominent researchers and demographers

The Independent UK

Why inequality is growing in the US and around the world

U.S. income inequality grew in 2021 for the first time in a decade, according to data the Census Bureau released in September 2022.

The Conversation

Census: Detailed age, sex data may be limited based on place

Want to know the age and sex breakdown of people of Japanese ancestry in your U.S. state or territory

The Independent UK

What drives differences in population growth among states?

Domestic migration is the largest driver of different growth rates, followed by births.

USAFacts

Which states have the least and most crime?

Northeastern states have the lowest crime rates, while states in the South and West have the most crime

USAFacts

Which states have the highest and lowest crime rates?

Between 2021 and 2022, New York’s violent crime rate rose 39.2%, while its property crime rate rose 64.3%.

USAFacts

Hurricane hit areas led US with missing 2020 census data

Two Louisiana parishes devastated by two hurricanes and two rural Nebraska counties had among the highest rates of households with missing information about themselves during the 2020 census that required the U.S. Census Bureau to use a statistical technique to fill in gaps

The Independent UK

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Salon

A fall COVID surge? Yeah, I know

Leaves are falling, temperatures are dropping — how about another COVID surge with that hot cider?

The Independent UK

Report: Some census takers who fudged data didn't get fired

A watchdog group has determined that some census takers who falsified information during the 2020 census didn’t have their work redone fully, weren’t fired in a timely manner and in some cases even received bonuses

Tribune News Service

Latinos estimated to outnumber Anglos as the largest population group in Texas

Latinos may have eclipsed non-Hispanic whites as the dominant population in Texas, according to new data from the Census Bureau.

The Independent UK

House OKs bill to curb political interference with census

The House has passed legislation on a party-line vote that aims to make it harder for future presidents to interfere in the once-a-decade headcount that determines political power and federal funding

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WEKU

A bill to block census interference passed the House. Its Senate path is unclear

The U.S. House has passed a bill that could help protect the 2030 census and other future head counts from political interference. But it's not clear how much support the bill has in the Senate.

Axios

The number of people working remotely tripled during COVID

17.9% of people primarily worked from home in 2021, compared with 5.7% in 2019, per new Census data.

The Independent UK

Unwed couples grew, US was more wired in COVID's 1st years

During the first two years of the pandemic, the number of people working from home tripled, home values grew and the percentage of people who spend more than a third of their income on rent went up

McClatchy Washington Bureau

What’s a gerontocracy — and is the US one? Data shows Congress is trending older

The average congressperson is far older than the average American, a fact that won’t surprise most people. But senators and representatives are increasingly staying in office into their later years, a trend that worries some and smacks of ageism for others.

Axios

America's successful war on poverty

Government poverty-reduction programs were decisive.

WEKU

Poverty and uninsured rates drop, thanks to pandemic-era policies

Child poverty is at a historic low, according to Census bureau data, and the rate of those without health insurance dropped in 2021. But the good news may be short-lived, as policy measures expire.

The Independent UK

Census: Inequality last year grew, but child poverty dropped

Income inequality in the U.S. increased last year for the first time in more than a decade

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