Photo: Because of problems conducting the census during a pandemic, the Census Bureau for the first time offered local governments a chance to challenge its count of residents in group quarters – dorms, nursing homes, halfway houses and the like. Five Arizona cities and towns were able to add a total of about 10,000 residents
It’s unclear which came first in Pinal County, the houses or the people filling them. What is clear is that both continue growing at some of the fastest rates in the state and, in some instances, the nation. The number of housing units in Pinal County grew by an estimated 3.5% from July 2021 to
Corey Saylor calls it the “painful irony” that Americans of Middle Eastern or North African descent face when filling out government forms. Even though they are often “targeted because of the way they look and because of where they come from,” they have to identify as white because there is no other option, said Saylor,
New results from a U.S. Census Bureau simulation indicate a significant number of noncitizens were missed in the 2020 census, a national head count during which the Trump administration tried to prevent people in the United States illegally from being tallied at all. Some civil rights groups pointed to the bureau’s latest findings as evidence
Photo: Maricopa County remained the fastest-growing county in the nation with a population over 4.5 million people, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. (File photo by Troy Hill/Cronkite News) For some it’s the weather, others are chasing lower home prices or relocating for better job opportunities. These are among the factors that made Maricopa County
Photo: A visitor takes in a view of the city’s skyline under the snow-covered San Gabriel mountains after a series of storms Thursday, March 2, 2023, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) Several large, urban counties across the United States gained residents or stemmed population declines in the year ending last July after losing residents in