How the U.S. government measures race has changed substantially since censuses began in 1790. Today, Americans differ on whether the government should ask about race.

Racial categories, which have been on every U.S. census, have changed from decade to decade, reflecting the politics and science of the times.

On August 28, Republican representative August Pfluger introduced the COUNT Act. If passed, it would add a citizenship ...

The Census Bureau has revealed how the global population will change between now and 2100, with some nations losing hundreds of thousands of people and others seeing large population growth. By 2100, ...