CNN

The child poverty rate fell by nearly half in 2021 as enhanced child tax credit sent billions of dollars to families

The share of children in poverty fell by nearly half in 2021, thanks mainly to a one-year enhancement of the enhanced child tax credit, according to Census Bureau data released Tuesday. Some 5.2% of ...
Great Falls Tribune

US population growth now lowest since nation's founding

Newly released estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau conclude that U.S. population grew at a slower rate in 2021 than in any other year since the nation's founding. The Census Bureau's Vintage 2021 ...
NPR

What The New Census Results Tell Us About Diversity In The U.S.

New census results show growing numbers of people in the U.S. identify with more than one race. As the country becomes more multiracial, the Census Bureau is rethinking how it explains diversity. New ...
Crux

Census Bureau findings point to U.S. poverty reduction in 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The year 2021 was an outlier in many respects. Much of the year was characterized by halting steps to return to something resembling normality following the global health emergency ...
CNN

Census Bureau releases population data, starting scramble to redraw congressional lines

The Census Bureau on Thursday released the data used to draw congressional and state legislative district lines, starting a nationwide scramble to draw new boundaries in time for next year’s midterm ...
Los Angeles Times

Census undercount not as bad as feared, but people of color more likely missed, analysis says

The 2020 census missed an estimated 1.6 million people, but given the hurdles posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and natural disasters, the undercount was smaller than expected, according to an analysis ...