Tag: Census Bureau

Beltway Confidential

How much does your state spend on welfare?

Jason Russell · February 12, 2015 5:29 pm

Over $1 trillion of taxpayer money gets spent on welfare, yet the poverty rate is where it was 50 years ago. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Census Bureau: 7 million more kids on food stamps than in 2007

Kelly Cohen · January 28, 2015 8:05 pm

More immigrants come from Asia than Latin America these days, and many are headed to major metro areas. (iStock Photo)

Where Americans and immigrants are moving in — and out

Michael Barone · January 9, 2015 10:00 am

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Beltway Confidential

Florida, North Carolina up a peg; New York, Michigan down: 2014 Census estimates

Michael Barone · December 24, 2014 10:01 pm

Florida is now the third largest state, say the U.S. Census Bureau. AP Photo

Washington Secrets

Florida passes NY to become 3rd biggest state, US reaches 318.9 million people

Paul Bedard · December 24, 2014 2:17 pm

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Florida overtakes New York to become third-largest state

Joseph Lawler · December 23, 2014 4:39 pm

Census: 30% of U.S. population growth will be immigrants, 78 million by 2060

Census: 30% of U.S. population growth will be immigrants, 78 million by 2060

Paul Bedard · December 19, 2014 6:13 pm

Members of Congress and agencies rely on demographic data to shape policy. (iStock)

Census Bureau wants to stop tracking marriage and its effect on the U.S.

Luke Rosiak · December 18, 2014 7:58 pm

A "For Sale" sign is posted on a home in Monterey Park, Calif. (AP/Nick Ut)

New home sales pick up slightly in September

Joseph Lawler · October 24, 2014 2:47 pm

The share of Americans in poverty fell by half a percentage point to 15.5 percent in 2013, the Census Bureau reported Thursday. (iStock Photo)

More evidence that poverty fell in 2013

Joseph Lawler · October 16, 2014 3:08 pm

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Foreign language speakers at all-time high among U.S. residents

Susan Ferrechio · October 6, 2014 9:00 am

There were 107,581,000 people enrolled in government health insurance plans in the United States in 2013, the year before the Affordable Care Act was fully implemented. (iStock Photo)

107,581,000 already in government health plans

Terence Jeffrey · September 24, 2014 2:26 pm