Census

For decades, Americans who trace their origins to the Middle East and North Africa have had to choose “white” or “other” on the Census and other government and business forms.

The Biden Admin is proposing major changes to federal surveys that could reshape how latinos and people of Middle East and North African descent are counted in federal surveys and censuses.

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. The report by the U.S. Commerce Department’s Office of Inspector General raises concerns about possible damage to the quality of the once-a-decade head count that...

Mayor Michelle Wu said the city is applying for a review of the city’s 2020 census results, saying the population was undercounted in terms of its students and immigrant populations.

Boston is pushing back on the official Census count of its population in 2020, saying its student, foreign-born and incarcerated populations are higher than were reflected in the tally. The city’s population in 2020 was 675,647, according to the Census, which is held every 10 years and is how the nation determines how much funding goes where. The 2020 edition…

Boston, like other high-cost cities, sees population drop

In the first full year of the pandemic, the New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Chicago metro areas had the greatest population losses in the nation

The U.S. Census Bureau has begun accepting challenges from states, cities and tribal nations that want to contest the results of the 2020 census

The 2020 U.S. census missed an estimated 1.6 million people, but given hurdles posed by the pandemic and natural disasters, the undercount was smaller than expected

The results of the 2020 headcount have many Latino and Black communities concerned about whether the latest numbers are accurate

U.S. Census Bureau computer servers were exploited last year during a cybersecurity attack, but it didn’t involve the 2020 census.

“In the rural areas, if you didn’t have the Latino growth, employers would be struggling even more just to fill those positions,” a Nebraska research coordinator said of the state.

Results of the 2020 Census show good news for Massachusetts in terms of population. Secretary of State William Galvin says Massachusetts is the fastest-growing state in the Northeast. The population grew by 7.4%, putting the state over 7 million residents for the first time ever. “As a mecca for employment, education, health care, we have brought people here,” Galvin said….

Growth in the number of people who identified as multiracial on 2020 census responses soared over the last decade, rising from under 3% to more than 10% of the U.S. population

The latest census results could have implications in federal funding and representation in Congress.

Data released by the U.S. Census Bureau this week showed an overall trend of increasing diversity in the country, but New England’s population remains one of the oldest and whitest in the nation. Although that national trend of diversification can be seen playing out in the six states, Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire represent three of the four whitest...

Those identifying as white alone in Massachusetts — not Hispanic or Latino — declined from 76.1% in 2010 to 67.6% in 2020. During the same decade the percentage of the population identifying as Hispanic or Latino grew from 9.6% in 2010 to 12.6% in 2020. The Black and African-American population (non-Hispanic) increased slightly from 6% in 2010 to 6.5% in…

The U.S. Census Bureau has released new population data that will be used to reshape U.S. House seats and state legislative districts for the next decade

The Census Bureau is due to release new data on the changing U.S. population