How the U.S. government measures race has changed substantially since censuses began in 1790. Today, Americans differ on whether the government should ask about race.

Racial categories, which have been on every U.S. census, have changed from decade to decade, reflecting the politics and science of the times.

A little-known algorithmic process called “differential privacy” helps keep census data anonymous. Conservatives want it gone ...

OAKLAND, Calif. -- A lot can change in 10 years. Think back to the spring of 2010. The iPhone did not let us take selfies, Netflix still offered DVD rentals by mail and a one-bedroom apartment was ...

The census is a count of those living in the United States and in its territories: Puerto Rico, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Now, the president's proposal on the census comes in the middle of his effort to reshape the election districts so that his party is more likely to win control of Congress, no matter how Americans ...

While the Census Bureau is best known for conducting the decennial count of every resident in the U.S., the agency continues to operate in years that don’t end in “0,” performing surveys that measure ...

GOBankingRates asked 1,000 adults across different generations what salary they think is necessary to be considered “upper ...