Each month the Census Counts team compiles Census-related news from a wide swath of national and regional media outlets to keep data equity stakeholders informed and engaged.
As always, you can find earlier clips here.
July 29, 2024 Census Coalition Clips
National
AsAm News | News New initiative to disaggregate AAPI data, reveal diverse needs
Popular statistics presented in the media may paint a picture of Asian Americans thriving, but is that the whole truth? That seemingly positive image conceals significant internal disparities masked by aggregated data on the AAPI community—a group of immense diversity that cannot be reduced to a single, homogeneous cohort. To address this issue, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) has launched a new funding opportunity through its Transforming Public Health Data Systems program.
Matthew Yoshimoto | July 28, 2024
The Washington Post | News Who’s most likely to adopt — or get adopted
You’ve sent in so many adoption questions that we had two choices: re-christen ourselves the Department of Adoption for the foreseeable future, or don our querying cap, crack each of our knuckles in order and answer as many as we could in one go. Depending on the source, adopted children seem to make up 1 to 3 percent of America’s under-18 population. It’s the fifth most common relationship between a child and a head of household, narrowly ahead of foster care, according to the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS) from 2008 to 2022. The vast majority of kids are the biological children (88 percent) or grandchildren (8 percent) of the householder.
Andrew Van Dam | July 26, 2024
AP News | News Noncitizens are less likely to participate in a census with citizenship question, study says
Adding a citizenship question to the census reduces the participation of people who aren’t U.S. citizens, particularly those from Latin American countries, according to a new research paper that comes as Republicans in Congress are pushing to add such a question to the census form. Noncitizens who pay taxes but are ineligible to have a Social Security number are less likely to fill out the census questionnaire or more likely to give incomplete answers on the form if there is a citizenship question, potentially exacerbating undercounts of some groups, according to the paper released this summer by researchers at the U.S. Census Bureau and the University of Kansas. Other groups were less sensitive to the addition of a citizenship question, such as U.S.-born Hispanic residents and noncitizens who weren’t from Latin America, the study said.
Mike Schneider | July 25, 2024
Axios | News Why more U.S. adults are choosing not to have kids
An increasing share of adults under 50 say they’re unlikely to have kids — and the major reason is, well, they just don’t want them, according to a report from Pew Research Center out Thursday morning. Why it matters: The U.S. fertility rate is at a historic low, posing problems for future economic growth, and the survey takes a crack at figuring out what’s going on. By the numbers: 47% of adults under 50 without kids say they’re unlikely to have them — up 10 percentage points from 2018.
Emily Peck | July 25, 2024
JD Supra | NEws U.S. Census Bureau Seeks Feedback on Implementing New Federal Race and Ethnicity Categories in 2027
The U.S. Census Bureau is seeking feedback on its plan to implement the White House’s newly adopted statistical standards for race and ethnicity data collection for federal agencies in 2027. Federal agencies must implement the new categories as soon as possible, but no later than March 28, 2029. The Census Bureau published a request for comment on its proposal to implement the updated race and ethnicity categories for federal data collection in the 2027 American Community Survey. The agency had considered implementing the updated race and ethnicity categories in either 2026 or 2027. The agency said it will also consider bridging techniques—called “crosswalking”—to generate a limited set of experimental data on the new categories, likely for data from 2022-2026. Comments on the implementation timeline are being accepted until August 12, 2024.
Emily Halliday, T. Scott Kelly, Zachary Zagger | July 24, 2024
States
Connecticut
Inside Investor | News Connecticut population boom goes bust after Census error
U.S. Census numbers showing a population boom of more people moving into Connecticut from other states between 2021 and 2022 were incorrect, and it’s more likely Connecticut saw a net loss of 13,500 people to other states that year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau and information posted on CT Data by Cynthia Willner and Jeff Borofsky. Connecticut has long experienced a net migration loss as more residents move to other states than move from other states into Connecticut, but according to the original data from the American Community Survey (ACS) published by the Census Bureau, Connecticut saw a dramatic turnaround, gaining 57,000 residents from other states between 2021 and 2022.
Marc E. Fitch | July 29, 2024
Texas
CNBC | News Americans are flocking to Texas: 9 of the 10 fastest-growing U.S. cities are there
They say everything’s bigger in Texas. And between 2020 and 2023, that seems to have been true of population growth. Nine of the 10 U.S. cities and towns where populations grew at the fastest clip during that period are found in the Lone Star State, according to the latest U.S. Census Bureau data on places with populations of 20,000 or more at any point between April 2020 and July 2023.
Kamaron McNair | July 23, 2024
Blogs and Reports
US Senate Committee on Appropriations | Press Release BILL SUMMARY: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Fiscal Year 2025 Appropriations Bill
Legislation makes critical new investments to ensure America stays at the forefront of cutting-edge research and innovation, to keep communities safe, and to propel our economy. The Fiscal Year 2025 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) Appropriations Act provides a total of $73.735 billion in discretionary funding—$5.2 billion more than fiscal year 2024. The bill provides $1.58 billion for the Census Bureau—a $195 million increase above fiscal year 2024. The Census Bureau not only determines congressional apportionment, but it also is relied on to distribute trillions of dollars in federal funds. By fully funding the budget request, the bill gives the Census Bureau the tools it needs to prepare for the 2030 decennial census and to continue producing high-quality data.
Committee Staff | July 25, 2024
U.S. Census Bureau | Press Release Opportunity Atlas Update
The U.S. Census Bureau, in collaboration with Opportunity Insights, today released new data on changes in mobility by county, birth cohort (1978-1992), race, class (parental income) and sex, as well as a new interactive module in the Opportunity Atlas. “Module 2: County & Metro Mobility Trends” includes an additional decade of data and allows users to explore mobility trends in their county to better understand changes over time and within places. In 2018, in collaboration with Opportunity Insights, the Census Bureau constructed and released the Opportunity Atlas, a comprehensive census tract-level dataset of children’s outcomes in adulthood using data covering nearly the entire U.S. population.
Julie Iriondo | July 25, 2024
U.S. Census Bureau | Press Release Uninsured Health Rates Down in 627 Counties, Up in 23 Counties
The rate of Americans under age 65 without health insurance decreased in 627 counties and increased in 23 counties between 2021 and 2022, according to Small Area Health Insurance Estimates (SAHIE) released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. SAHIE is the only source for single-year estimates of people with health insurance in each of the nation’s 3,143 counties. The county statistics are provided by sex and age groups and at income levels reflecting thresholds for state and federal assistance programs, such as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) and Medicaid eligibility. State estimates also include health coverage by race and Hispanic origin.
Lewis Y. Liu | July 25, 2024
U.S. Census Bureau | Press Release Census Bureau Announces Sites for 2026 Census Test
The U.S. Census Bureau today announced the sites for the 2026 Census Test, the first of two major on-the-ground tests planned in preparation for the 2030 Census. The 2026 Census Test will evaluate the viability of innovations and enhancements planned for the 2030 Census, with particular focus on improving the count of hard-to-count and historically undercounted populations. The 2026 Census Test will focus on six operational areas: (1) making it easier for people to respond on their own online, by phone or by mail; (2) improving in-person household data collection; (3) improving methods for counting people living in group quarters; (4) enhancing outreach efforts to create awareness, build trust, and encourage response; (5) enhancing the infrastructure that supports census operations; and (6) processing data concurrently with data collection.
Public Information Office | July 22, 2024
July 22, 2024 Census Coalition Clips
National
Indian Gaming | News Osage Nation Completes Tribe’s First-Ever Census
Osage Nation has announced the completion of the first-ever Osage Nation census. In 2022, the Osage Nation Congress enacted a law stating that the Osage Nation shall conduct a census every five years. Shortly after, the census was deployed from June 1 to July 31, 2023. The Osage Nation received 3,922 census responses. The data collected is instrumental in better assessing the needs of Osage Nation tribal members for strategic planning.
Indian Gaming Staff | July 17, 2024
Urban Institute | News Seven Ways Federal Policymakers Can Improve the Lives of Disabled People
This July marks the 34th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). A landmark civil rights law, the ADA ensures disabled people—more than one in four Americans—have an equal opportunity to find jobs, vote, ride on public transit, and access health care facilities. The ADA built on earlier laws, such as the 1988 amendment to the Fair Housing Act, which protects disabled people from housing discrimination, and Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act, which first gave disabled people the right to access education and other public services. Despite these legal protections, disabled people across the US continue to face more barriers accessing housing, health care, employment opportunities, and educational supports than their nondisabled counterparts. These inequities are even greater among disabled people of color and disabled immigrants.
Dana Ferrante, Taylor Carty | July 17, 2024
Context | News Growing number of U.S. states target ‘prison gerrymandering’
Across the United States, many far-flung, rural communities have outsized political and economic clout due to the number of people counted as living there, even though many inhabitants are there unwillingly as prisoners in large remote jails. But a growing number of states are moving to use the home addresses of incarcerated people – often in cities and urban areas – in their own population counts. The growing push, advocates say, seeks to redress imbalances that result from populations being used to draw up the boundaries of legislative districts and sometimes helping to determine how much public funding an area receives.
David Sherfinski | July 15, 2024
States
Michigan
Oakland County Times | News Census Estimates Show Changing Age and Racial Demographics in Oakland County
Oakland County has lost just under 4,000 residents (3,976 to be exact) between the 2020 Census and the latest population estimates for July 1, 2023. Last week the Census Bureau provided information on the racial, ethnic, gender and age composition of that population. Today’s analysis looks at the racial and ethnic changes that have occurred over the three-year period. The next article will explore the changing age and gender trends.
Kurt Metzger | July 18, 2024
Minnesota
MPR News | News Minnesota now officially part of growing Sioux Falls metro area
The Census Bureau has officially expanded the Sioux Falls metro area into Minnesota. By adding Minnesota’s Rock County to the South Dakota city’s area, the census bumped the population to an estimated 315,000. Rock County administrator Kyle Oldre said the new designation reflects the long-standing relationship between Rock County and Sioux Falls.
Nina Moini, Ngoc Bui and Matthew Alvarez | July 19, 2024
Utah
Salt Lake Tribune | News Utah is getting more diverse, except for these places
Utahns identifying as minorities made up most of the state’s growth in 2023, and offset some of the population losses in several counties, federal data shows. The Beehive State grew by more than 36,000 people between July 1, 2022, and July 1, 2023, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Nearly 73% of that growth was because of people identifying as something other than non-Hispanic white, based on a Salt Lake Tribune analysis of the data, backed up by a fact sheet from the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute. But the minority population dropped in three counties — including the most diverse of Utah’s 29 counties.
Megan Banta | July 22, 2024
Blogs and Reports
U.S. Census Bureau | Press Release 2030 Census Advisory Committee Meeting
The U.S. Census Bureau will host the 2030 Census Advisory Committee Summer Virtual Meeting on Friday, July 26 from 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. EDT. This will be the first meeting of the newly formed 2030 Census Advisory Committee designed to assist the Census Bureau in devising strategies to increase awareness of and participation in the next decennial census, reduce barriers to response, and enhance the public’s trust and willingness to respond.
Public Information Office | July 19, 2024
U.S. Census Bureau | Press Release Census Bureau Releases Update to Community Resilience Estimates for Heat
The U.S. Census Bureau today released the 2022 Community Resilience Estimates (CRE) for Heat, an experimental data product that measures social vulnerability to extreme heat. While the standard CRE measures the social vulnerability that inhibits community resilience, the experimental CRE for Heat has new components of social vulnerability and information to account for exposure. Community resilience is the capacity of individuals and households within a community to absorb the external stresses of a disaster. This latest version contains updates to better measure vulnerability and exposure to extreme heat, such as using data from the 2021 American Housing Survey to predict if a household has an air-conditioning unit.
Kristina Barrett | July 16, 2024
U.S. Census Bureau | Press Release Census Bureau Releases Schedule for Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Statistics and American Community Survey Estimates
The U.S. Census Bureau is set to release the 2023 Income, Poverty and Health Insurance statistics from the Current Population Survey (CPS) Annual Social and Economic Supplement (ASEC) and the American Community Survey (ACS) in September. This release includes: National 2023 income statistics, National 2023 poverty statistics and National 2023 health insurance coverage statistics.
Patricia Ramos | July 16, 2024
July 15, 2024 Census Coalition Clips
National
Bay Area Reporter | News US scientific workforce survey to collect LGBTQ data
A federal survey is set to start tracking the number of LGBTQ people receiving research doctorates in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields, collectively referred to as STEM. It comes as U.S. census officials await word on their request to add similar questions to a monthly survey the agency conducts. The National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics is moving forward with the inclusion of sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) questions in its Survey of Earned Doctorates known as SED. The survey, which is conducted online each academic year, usually includes responses from at least 50,000 new research doctorate graduates.
Matthew S. Bajko | July 10, 2024
AP News | News ‘This is break glass in case of emergency stuff’: Analysts alarmed by threats to US data gathering
Inadequate funding and controversial measures in a budget bill could threaten what Americans know about themselves through federal data gathering, statisticians and demographers warn in a new report and a letter to U.S. congressional leaders. “Our bottom-line assessment is that federal statistics are at risk,” says the report released Tuesday by the American Statistical Association in partnership with George Mason University. The report says a majority of the 13 principal U.S. statistical agencies have lost more than 14% of their purchasing power in the last 15 years, limiting their ability to innovate.
Mike Schneider | July 9, 2024
The New York Times | News Reliability of U.S. Economic Data Is in Jeopardy, Study Finds
Federal Reserve officials use government data to help determine when to raise or lower interest rates. Congress and the White House use it to decide when to extend jobless benefits or send out stimulus payments. Investors place billions of dollars worth of bets that are tied to monthly reports on job growth, inflation and retail sales. But a new study says the integrity of that data is in increasing jeopardy. The report, issued on Tuesday by the American Statistical Association, concludes that government statistics are reliable right now. But that could soon change, the study warns, citing factors including shrinking budgets, falling survey response rates and the potential for political interference.
Ben Casselman | July 9, 2024
States
Georgia
Atlanta Regional Commission | News ARC 2024 Population Estimates Show Atlanta Region Adds 62,700 Residents in Past Year
The 11-county Atlanta region added 62,700 residents between April 2023 and April 2024, bringing the total population to 5.2 million, according to 2024 population estimates released today by the Atlanta Regional Commission. The ARC Board is expected to vote on the estimates at its next meeting, on Aug. 28. Each of metro Atlanta’s 11 counties saw population increases in the past year.
ARC | July 10, 2024
Pennsylvania
The Philadelphia Inquirer | News Census data show Philadelphia suburban population rise after pandemic
If you build it in Philadelphia’s suburbs, they will come, researchers say the latest estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau indicate. Overall, the eight-county Philadelphia region lost 0.2% of its population between 2020 and 2023 as the pandemic and the rise of remote jobs altered the way many people work, commute, and live, putting the region’s total at 5,496,558 residents. But that modest decline was not felt equally: The combined population in the adjoining South Jersey suburbs of Cherry Hill, Evesham, and Mount Laurel increased by more than 6,100, while Lower Bucks County and southeastern Delaware County saw among the steepest drops. A driving factor behind those shifts, planning experts suggest: the development of multifamily housing.
Oona Goodin-Smith and John Duchneskie | July 10, 2024
Blogs and Reports
U.S. Census Bureau | Press Release Census Bureau to Announce Sites for 2026 Census Test
The U.S. Census Bureau is scheduled to hold the fourth in a series of webinars to share updates on its efforts to lay the groundwork for the 2030 Census. The upcoming webinar will announce the sites selected for the 2026 Census Test; the first of two major on-the-ground tests planned to prepare for the 2030 Census. The webinar will discuss the Census Bureau’s criteria and the rigorous, data-driven approach used to identify the sites.
Public Information Office | July 12, 2024
U.S. Census Bureau | Press Release 2023 Survey of Income and Program Participation
The U.S. Census Bureau today released data from the 2023 Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP). The SIPP is a longitudinal survey that provides comprehensive information about income and assistance program participation of individuals and households in the United States. The survey collects data and measures change in characteristics like economic well-being, family dynamics, education, assets, health insurance, child care and food security.
Lewis Liu | July 11, 2024
United Nations Population Fund | Report The Future of Population Data
“Valid, reliable, timely, culturally relevant and internationally comparable data form the basis for policy and programme development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation.” The opening statement of Chapter XII of the ICPD Programme of Action stressed the fundamental requirement of population and development data for government planning and the need for targeted investment in population data ecosystems. Recommended actions included but were not limited to strengthening the national capacity to collect, analyze, disseminate and use comparable population and development data; promoting interactions between data producers and users; and designing and implementing training programmes in statistics, demography and population and development.
UNPF | July 11, 2024
U.S. Census Bureau | Press Release 2023 Planning Database and New 2020 Census Operational Data
The U.S. Census Bureau today released the 2023 Planning Database (PDB), which includes new 2020 Census operational data on response rates, return rates and in-processing counts. The 2023 PDB contains a selection of housing, demographic, socioeconomic and operational data for block groups and tracts from the 2020 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File, 2020 Census Demographic and Housing Characteristics File, and 2017–2021 American Community Survey, 5-year estimates. The PDB was developed to aid survey and census planning but has a variety of uses.
Kristina Barrett | July 10, 2024
U.S. Census Bureau | Press Release Webinar on Release of 2020 Census Detailed DHC File B
The U.S. Census Bureau will hold a prerelease webinar July 23 to discuss information about the 2020 Census Detailed Demographic and Housing Characteristics File B (Detailed DHC-B) scheduled for public release Aug. 1. This data product provides household type and tenure (whether the household is owner or renter-occupied) information, including total household counts, for approximately 1,500 detailed race and ethnicity groups and detailed American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) tribes and villages. Data will be available for the nation, states, counties, places (cities and towns), census tracts, and American Indian/Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian (AIANNH) areas.
Public Information Office | July 9, 2024
July 8, 2024 Census Coalition Clips
National
MSN | News This group is responsible for more than 70% of US growth last year, Census reports
America’s Hispanic population made up almost 71% of this country’s overall population growth between 2022 and 2023, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau. This increase, which was mainly driven by Hispanic births, greatly contributed to the nation gaining 1.64 million people in 2023. A higher number of births than deaths among the Hispanic population is the main reason why they are expanding much faster than non-Hispanics, Kristie Wilder, a demographer in the Census Bureau’s Population Division, said in a statement.
Alvin Buyinza | July 6, 2024
Voz | News Hispanics, the present and future of the country
According to the Census Bureau, Latino population growth accounted for 71% of the country’s total, and the population for the group reached 65 million in 2023. Hispanics are already the second largest ethnic group in the country and play an increasingly decisive role in the election of political representatives, in decision-making thanks to the increase in the number of elected officials and in the advancement of the economy.
Israel Duro | July 6, 2024
QCity Metro | News U.S. Black population grows by 0.6% in 2023, Hispanic population leads
42,313,088: That was the number of U.S. residents who identified as Black and non-Hispanic in July 2023, according to a Census Bureau report released this week. That total represented a 0.6% increase from July 2022. Why it matters: The federal report, based on fresh estimates, showed that the racial makeup of the U.S. population continues to shift, with the Hispanic population growing fastest, accounting for just under 71% of the nation’s overall growth rate.
Glenn H. Burkins | July 2, 2024
States
Ohio
Toledo Blade | News United States projected to follow Ohio in population declines
While Ohio saw a small 0.22 percent increase in population from 2022 to 2023, long-term projections expect a continuation of a decades-long trend in declining numbers, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The state is still seeing a loss of 13,300 residents since pre-pandemic levels. The state of Ohio Population Projections Report 2023 points to the aging of the population, declining fertility rates, and stagnant migration patterns. “Ohio mirrors the rest of the country, traditionally,” said Wendy Diane Manning, a sociologist at Bowling Green State University, noting that the nation’s decline in its fertility rate mimics what is happening in Ohio.
Kimberly Wynn | July 7, 2024
South Carolina
The Sun News | News This population of people is growing faster in SC than rest of US, new Census data shows
South Carolina has become an increasingly popular place for White people, new Census data shows. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, South Carolina had the fastest-growing White population in the nation in 2023, year-over-year. This latest data follows a trend of overall faster population growth for the Palmetto State compared to most of the country in recent years. The White population in the U.S. was 195,432,584 in 2023, representing a loss of 0.2%, the Census data shows. The Hispanic population accounted for just under 71% of the overall growth in the U.S. population — an increase of 1.16 million between 2022 and 2023.
Patrick McCreless | July 6, 2024
Washington
The Seattle Times | News Declining number of kids in nearly all areas of WA
The Villages, Fla., known as the largest retirement community in the world, has become famous as one of the most Republican places in the U.S. In that regard, it couldn’t be more different from quaint Port Townsend on the Olympic Peninsula, which stands out as one of the most liberal places in very liberal Western Washington. But residents of The Villages and Port Townsend have something in common. New census data shows they rank No. 1 and No. 2 as the oldest in the nation. Port Townsend has gotten older each year since the 2020 census, and it passed the 60-year median mark in 2022. While this aging trend is more extreme in Port Townsend, we’re seeing it across most of the state: The number of children in Washington is declining while the number of people 65 and older is increasing.
Gene Balk | July 3, 2024
Blogs and Reports
The U.S. Census Bureau | Press Release Census Bureau Provides Update on Remaining 2020 Census Data Products
The U.S. Census Bureau today provided an update on the final three data products from the 2020 Census. The Detailed DHC-B, PPMF and S-DHC may also be accompanied by reports and results in other forms. The Census Bureau has moved deliberately to ensure that it produces the high-quality statistics that the public expects. The pandemic delayed 2020 Census operations, and the Census Bureau worked diligently to implement new confidentiality protections.
Kristina Barrett | July 8, 2024
The Leadership Conference | Letter House CJS Bill Would Harm the Census: The Leadership Conference Calls for Changes
On behalf of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, a coalition charged by its diverse membership of more than 240 national organizations to promote and protect the rights of all persons in the United States, and our Census Task Force co-chairs, Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC and NALEO Educational Fund, we write to oppose the Fiscal Year 2025 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (“CJS”) appropriations bill. The bill slashes the president’s budget request for the Census Bureau by $250 million, with a proposed funding level below Fiscal Year 2024. The bill also unconstitutionally prohibits the Census Bureau from counting undocumented immigrants as part of the decennial census apportionment determinations while simultaneously sharply restricting the Bureau’s ability to follow-up with households and businesses that have not responded to censuses and surveys.
The Leadership Conference | July 5, 2024
July 1, 2024 Census Coalition Clips
National
Nonprofit Quarterly | News Shifting Identities, Shifting Data: How the Census is Redefining Race – Non Profit News
For the first time in 27 years, the US Census is changing how it categorizes people by race and ethnicity. But will the changes more appropriately capture the country’s diverse tapestry of people? Though federal officials are making changes to develop what they believe is a more accurate count of US residents who identify as “Hispanic or Latino” as well as “Middle Eastern and North African,” some advocates argue that the new approach misses the mark.
Tonie Marie Gordon | July 1, 2024
Eurekalert | News US efforts to collect LGBTQ+ data among Medicaid patients is a ‘foundational step towards health equity’
Compared to straight and cisgender individuals, sexual and gender minority adults in the US are more likely to face barriers paying for or accessing adequate health insurance and healthcare, but few states collect sexual and gender identity (SOGI) information to better understand the health challenges and needs of this population. To close this knowledge gap, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) added three optional SOGI questions to its model application, with guidance for states that choose to incorporate the questions into their Medicaid and Child Health Insurance Program (CHIP) applications. This federal effort to encourage the collection of SOGI data from Medicaid patients is a foundational step towards advancing LGBTQ+ health equity.
Boston University School of Public Health | June 27, 2024
Bloomberg | News US Children Population Dropped in Most Cities Since Pandemic
The population of young children fell across most US cities since the start of the Covid pandemic, according to US Census Bureau data released Thursday. Most of the notable exceptions were in Florida, better known as a retirement haven. Several metros in the Sunshine State saw the fastest growth in the numbers of children. In the US overall, the population of kids from 0 to 14 fell by 3.3% between April 2020 and July 2023, according to the report. That drop was particularly steep in the three largest metro areas, which include New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. Those metros had a combined loss of more than 600,000 children, accounting for about 30% of the total US decline.
Alexandre Tanzi | June 27, 2024
HUD Office of Policy Development and Research | News HUD’s Actions to Gather and Safeguard Data and Support LGBTQI+ Individuals
As HUD marks the impact of the LGBTQI+ community on American society during Pride Month, the agency recognizes that many LGBTQI+ individuals still face barriers to obtaining safe and affordable housing. Recent research from a national survey indicates that the homeownership rate of LGBTQI+ individuals is as much as 20 percentage points lower than that of people who identify as straight or cisgender. In addition, LGBTQI+ people — and youth in particular — are more likely to experience homelessness. Until recently, however, HUD did not collect data on sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI), limiting researchers’ ability to understand these issues and inform policy to improve the well-being of LGBTQI+ individuals.
Gretchen Armstrong | June 25, 2024
States
California
Q Voice News | News Senate Bill 957 would require SOGI data collection in California
For decades, many Californians have been asked to voluntarily provide their race, age, and sex on various health care forms, giving researchers vital demographic data that helps inform treatments and responses to public health crises. But one group has been missing from those essential data groups. Very little data is available for researchers on gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans, and queer Californians. The reason? State law gives health officials the option to include LGBTQ demographic questions, such as sexual orientation and gender identity, on state and local health forms. State Sen. Scott Wiener’s bill would require it.
Phillip Zonkel | June 26, 2024
New York
Times Union | News Hudson has one of the oldest populations in the U.S.
The city of Hudson and its neighboring towns are one of the most popular places in the country for seniors to live, new data suggests. The small city and its surrounding communities ranks 30th in the nation for metro and micropolitan areas with the highest median age, according to data released by the U.S. Census Bureau Thursday. A year ago, nearly one in three people who lived in the Hudson area were 65 years or older. The median age in the Hudson micropolitan area was 50.4 years old. That’s 10 years older than the median age for the state in July.
Emilie Munson | June 27, 2024
Oregon
The Bay Area Reporter | News Unique LGBTQ survey piloted in Oregon
With the ongoing lack of comprehensive demographic data on the LGBTQ community, Oregon leaders are piloting a unique effort to rectify the issue in the Beaver State. They have launched what is believed to be the first community-led LGBTQ statewide survey. Known as the Queer Data Project, it received $1.25 million in state funding this year, allowing for development of the questions that will be included in the survey of Oregon’s LGBTQ residents. Project leaders are working to finalize the forms by early 2025 and plan to begin collecting the data next spring when Pride events start taking place in cities around the state.
Matthew S. Bajko | June 26, 2024
Texas
My San Antonio | News Texas added more Black, Hispanic, Asian residents in 2023 than any state
We knew people were migrating to Texas in 2022 and 2023, even though some of those transplants were having regrets, and the Lone Star State saw tremendous growth across major demographics. New population growth estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau say Texas saw the largest numerical growth in Black, Hispanic and Asian residents from 2022 to 2023 than any other state. When it comes to Hispanic and Latino residents, Texas saw an increase of 242,306 residents from 2022 to 2023, the most among any other state. That includes California and Florida, which also saw significant increases in Hispanic or Latino people with 83,036 and 191,371 people added, respectively. The Houston area saw the largest increase in the Hispanic population growth with 39,815, or a 1.9% increase, from 2022 to 2023, according to the report.
Steven Santana | June 30, 2024
The Daily Citizen | News Hispanics lead population growth in Texas and US, according to Census data
Hispanics cemented their position as the largest demographic group in Texas with over 12.1 million residents, while the state also had the largest nationwide gains in Asian and Black residents, according to new population estimates from the Census Bureau. Texas had an estimated population of 30.5 million people as of July 2023, of which 12.1 million were Hispanics of any race, followed by 12 million White non-Hispanics. Over that period, Texas grew by 473,000 people, of which about half (242,000) were new Hispanic residents. Hispanics now account for 39.78% of the state population. White non-Hispanics follow with 39.63%, and Black non-Hispanics with 12.69%.
José Luis Adriano | June 28, 2024
Blog Posts and Reports
The U.S. Census Bureau | Press Release New Estimates Highlight Differences in Growth Between the US Hispanic and Non-Hispanic Populations
Between 2022 and 2023, the Hispanic population accounted for just under 71% of the overall growth of the United States population, driven primarily by Hispanic births, according to newly released Vintage 2023 Population Estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau. Hispanics of any race grew to just over 65 million, an increase of 1.16 million (1.8%) from the prior year. This growth significantly contributed to the nation’s total population gain of 1.64 million in 2023. While natural increase made the greatest contribution to Hispanic population growth between 2022 and 2023 with approximately 722,000 more births than deaths, international migration resulted in about one-third of the overall net gain in the Hispanic population, with just over 437,000 migrants coming into the country.
Jewel Jordan | June 27, 2024
The U.S. Census Bureau | Press Release Census Bureau Announces New Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes Partners
The U.S. Census Bureau today announced five new partners for its Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes (PSEO) experimental data product, which offers prospective post-secondary students a comprehensive assessment tool to find out how much they could potentially earn by degree, field of study and institution.
Patricia Ramos | June 27, 2024
The U.S. Census Bureau | Press Release 2022 County Business Patterns Now Available
The U.S. Census Bureau today released the 2022 County Business Patterns (CBP). This annual series of statistics provides subnational economic data by industry. The number of establishments, employment during the week of March 12, first quarter payroll and annual payroll are provided for nearly 1,000 industries, as defined by the 2017 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). The data are available at the national, state, combined statistical area, metropolitan/micropolitan statistical area, county, congressional district and ZIP Code levels.
Kristina Barrett | June 26, 2024
The U.S. Census Bureau | Blog Hidden No Longer: Expanding Our Knowledge on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
Happy Pride Month, everyone! In June our nation celebrates the accomplishments and resilience of our lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and asexual (LGBTQIA+) community. To further that celebration, I want to talk about how we at the U.S. Census Bureau are expanding our knowledge on measuring sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI). The LGBTQIA+ population is a growing and a beautifully diversifying part of our American landscape. Now, the Census Bureau’s mission is to provide quality information about our nation’s people and families. This necessarily includes our LGBTQIA+ population, which is found across all demographic, social, and economic groups in the United States.
Robert Santos | June 26, 2024
