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Bridge Collapse Could Affect Over a Million People in Baltimore Area

The Community Resilience Estimates show that 21.7% of residents in the combined areas of Baltimore city and County are considered socially vulnerable.

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Batter Up! America's Pastime Is Back

From Tampa Bay to Toronto, sports fans across the nation are eagerly awaiting the first pitch of the 2024 Major League Baseball season.

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College Hoops Craze Captivates the Nation

From courtside to the classroom, March Madness takes college towns by storm. Test your college knowledge with our new Population Bracketology games.

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Four of Nation’s Fastest-Growing Metro Areas Are in Florida

The Sunshine State was home to some of the fastest-growing and top-gaining metro areas, reflecting continued rapid population growth across the South.

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2024 Super Bowl: Fun Facts About the Players and Places

Five-time Super Bowl champ San Francisco 49ers face three-time champ Kansas City Chiefs. Both have lost two Super Bowls.

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How the Real Estate Market Relies on Census Data

Census Bureau statistics are free and help realtors create their own tools to buy and sell properties.

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Happy New Year 2024!

The U.S. is the third most populous country in the world behind China and India but is expected to drop to fourth behind India, China and Nigeria around 2045.

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Continued Decrease in Mortality Brings Natural Increase Closer to Pre-Pandemic Levels

New population estimates show that 19 states had more deaths than births in 2023, down from 25 in 2022.

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Almost a Quarter of U.S. Population Vulnerable to Rising Heat

Climate-focused data product finds that social factors contribute to low resilience to extreme heat exposure for almost 1 in 4 individuals in the United States.

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COVID-19 Impacts on Mortality by Race/Ethnicity and Sex

Males and the Hispanic, and American Indian and Alaska Native population groups experienced disproportionately large Increases in deaths during the pandemic.

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Desafíos y oportunidades pospandemia para estimaciones de población

Nuevas estimaciones de población incluyen mejoras en los métodos para estimar la población de los EE. UU.

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Impacto del COVID-19 en la mortalidad por raza/origen étnico y sexo

Los hombres y las poblaciones hispana e indígena de las Américas y nativa de Alaska estuvieron entre los grupos que experimentaron grandes aumentos en muertes.

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Post-Pandemic Challenges and Opportunities for Population Estimates

New population estimates capture improvements in the methods of estimating the U.S. population.

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How Socially Vulnerable Is Puerto Rico to Disasters?

All municipios and 87% of census tracts in Puerto Rico showed higher social vulnerability than the United States.

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¿Cuánta vulnerabilidad social ante desastres tiene Puerto Rico?

Todos los municipios y el 87 % de los sectores censales en Puerto Rico muestran una mayor vulnerabilidad social que los Estados Unidos.

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Large Cities No Longer the Biggest Population Losers

Large U.S. cities and towns show signs of a population rebound after experiencing big losses the first full year of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Texas Population Passes the 30-Million Mark in 2022

Texas is now one of only two states with a population of 30 million or more. Its population reached 30,029,572 in 2022, behind only California (39,029,342).

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Two Years Into Pandemic, Domestic Migration Trends Shifted

Domestic migration rebounded in some of the nation’s most populous counties that saw steep outmigration earlier in pandemic.

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Super Bowl LVII: Fun Facts About Players and Places

Two-time Super Bowl champ Kansas City Chiefs (2020, 1970) face one-time champ Philadelphia Eagles (2018). This is the fourth Super Bowl in Arizona.

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Florida Fastest-Growing State for First Time Since 1957

For the third most-populous state to also be the fastest growing is historic because it requires significant population gains.

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Florida: estado con más rápido crecimiento por primera vez desde 1957

El hecho de que el tercer estado más poblado sea también el de más rápido crecimiento es histórico porque requiere un aumento significativo de su población.

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Net International Migration Returns to Pre-COVID-19 Levels

New 2022 population estimates show the largest single-year increase in net migration between the United States and abroad since 2010.

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A State’s Median Age Does Not Tell The Whole Story

County population estimates provide characteristics by age, sex, race and ethnicity. A new visualization shows variation between states and counties.

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Fewer Younger Adults Drives Population Loss in Some U.S. Cities

Why did some cities lose population in 2021? Population estimates by characteristics released today provide some answers.

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Big Population Shifts in Cities and Towns One Year Into Pandemic

City and town population estimates for July 1, 2021, show consistent regional trends but smaller gains and larger declines for top cities and towns.

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Deaths Outnumbered Births in Half of All States Between 2020 and 2021

Higher deaths and lower fertility during the COVID-19 pandemic led to natural decrease in nearly three-quarters of the nation’s counties.

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Net Domestic Migration Increased in Many U.S. Counties in 2021

Smaller counties were more likely to experience net domestic migration gains and larger counties declines last year, possibly due to the pandemic.

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U.S. Deaths Spiked as COVID-19 Continued

The United States experienced its largest increase in deaths between 2019 and 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic began.

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What Has Driven Population Change in U.S. Counties?

In most counties, domestic migration played a larger role in population growth than births, deaths and international migration, possibly due to the pandemic.

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Net International Migration at Lowest Levels in Decades

Travel restrictions during the pandemic had a significant impact on international migration, according to July 1, 2020-June 30, 2021 estimates out today.

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Population Grew 0.1% in 2021, Slowest Rate Since America’s Founding

With the exception of the last few years, the U.S. population has not grown at such a slow rate since 1918, during the influenza pandemic and World War I.