At FiveThirtyEight, we use census data all the time to track demographic and social trends, from the aging of the U.S. population to the decline in marriage and shifts in immigration patterns. But the ...

With the U.S. Census online form set to go live starting March 12, Americans will soon get the once-in-a-decade opportunity to stand up and be counted. But while many of the questions on the Census ...

Americans aged 55 and older have been the fastest-growing age group of workers for two decades, according to the Census Bureau.

New results from the 2020 census are out. They will be used to draw voting districts, including for Congress. But there are limitations to what the data can tell us about the country's demographics.

"White" has been a constant of the U.S. census. Other racial categories for the national head count have come and gone over the centuries. But "white" has stuck ever since U.S. marshals went door to ...