A new interactive map of the U.S. shows which states are growing in population the fastest and which are shrinking the quickest. The data, which draws on statistics from the State Data Center, a U.S.

Around 2.8 million people migrated to the United States between 2023 and 2024, the U.S. Census Bureau said Thursday, with the number outpacing previous estimates. Immigration was the biggest driver in ...

It’s a little unfair that giant states with tiny populations get so much room for such few people. I mean, especially since states on the east coast are living on top of each other in cramped borders.

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In 2012, the 39 most populous U.S. metro areas accounted for approximately half of the country's total population. These metro areas are shaded below. Click an area to display its 2012 population, as ...

The American population is always changing in various ways. The Census Bureau recently released their annual estimates of population change in the 3,142 counties and county equivalents of the US, ...

The population center of the United States is near a tiny town in rural Missouri with just 613 residents, the U.S. Census Bureau said Tuesday. The calculation of a population center, released every 10 ...