While the South grew the most in absolute numbers of rural population, the largest percentage growth was in the Interior Northwest, made up of Idaho, Wyoming and Montana. A biker rides along the Big ...

The American population is becoming older, with the proportion of baby boomers increasing while birth rates are declining, according to the newly released Vintage 2024 Population Estimates by the U.S.

The foreign-born population in the United States hit a record 15.8% under the Biden administration. NY Post Design The government’s household survey in January of this year showed the foreign-born or ...

But even as the baby boomers age, the population of working and young people is also expected to keep rising, in contrast to most other advanced nations. America’s relatively high fertility rate—the ...

WASHINGTON – The population of America is on target to hit 300 million this fall. Latinos are driving population growth. They accounted for almost half the increase last year, more than any other ...

A new projection reckons that this year, for the first time in history, the number of Americans could decline. That marks a sobering development for anyone concerned about the future of the republic.

Which U.S. states have the largest Hispanic populations—and which barely have any at all? In this video, we rank all 50 states from lowest to highest Hispanic population, using real population numbers ...

The number of homeless students in the US has rapidly increased since 2005. What fixes are needed to stabilize families?

For more than 40 years, the United States—a nation that putatively cherishes freedom—has had one of the largest prison systems in the world. Mass incarceration has been so persistent and pervasive ...

In January 2024, America’s homeless population hit an all-time high of 771,000 people, an 18% jump from just one year earlier. California leads the nation, with more than 187,000 people unhoused.

Thousands of people moved to rural America last year, causing the fourth year of continual growth in rural areas, according to a Daily Yonder analysis of 2024 Census estimates. Nonmetropolitan, or ...