The Census Bureau is also testing more gender-neutral language throughout the survey. A new "Middle Eastern or North African" racial category will also be implemented. These changes could be ...

The government relies on national census data – gathered every 10 years by the US Census Bureau – to distribute hundreds of billions of dollars in federal funding to states and local communities.

Some of the most important datasets tracking trends in the US population have disappeared from the US Census Bureau’s website in recent days, amid a Trump administration purge of content on ...