Population and Census

Rich get richer in recovery, but net worth of lower 93% declines

2013-04-23 16:17:00

WASHINGTON -- The richest 7% of American families saw their average wealth soar 28% from 2009 to 2011, while the remaining 93% of households lost 4% of their net worth over that same period, according to a new report. The analysis of Census Bureau...

Wealth of nearly all Americans fell after the recession

2013-04-23 19:23:00

WASHINGTON — The richest 7% of American families saw their average wealth soar 28% from 2009 to 2011, while the remaining households lost 4% of their net worth over the same period, according to a new report. The analysis of Census Bureau data...

After boom and bust, Sun Belt cities see glimmers again

2013-03-14 10:51:00

WASHINGTON -- With their economies and housing markets gaining strength, some of the nation's biggest boom-to-bust cities in the Sun Belt are starting to become magnets again, attracting a growing number of people primarily from the northern part of the...

Long live 'Negro'

2013-03-11 22:10:00

I let Black History Month slide by this year without writing anything about it. I am so over celebrating firsts or reprising triumphal narratives. But news from last month did suggest that we may need a black history lesson — one that goes...

Memorial planned for animals used in laboratory experiments

2013-03-02 16:12:47

Population growth is threat to other species, poll respondents say

2013-03-01 10:22:00

Nearly two-thirds of American voters believe that human population growth is driving other animal species to extinction and that if the situation gets worse, society has a "moral responsibility to address the problem," according to new national public...

53 shark attacks recorded in U.S. last year, most in a decade

2013-02-13 15:10:00

Shark week, step aside. This is a story about shark year. In 2012, officials recorded 53 shark attacks in the U.S., making it the year with the most attacks since 2000, according to the University of Florida’s International Shark Attack File...

Beyond 7 billion: Bending the population curve

2012-12-02 00:00:00

Hunger. Environmental degradation. Political instability. These were among the consequences of rapid global population growth documented in a five-part series in The Times in July. Now, Opinion has invited leading scholars to consider what, if anything,...

Infertility rates haven't changed much in 20 years

2012-12-19 05:30:00

It can seem like infertility is on the rise, especially in developed countries as women wait longer to start families. But according to a new analysis of 277 surveys, conducted by researchers at the World Health Organization and other institutions,...

California population grows to 37.8 million

2012-12-13 10:43:53

Los Angeles County population tops 9.9 million, 26% of state

2012-12-13 10:53:29

Live to 100 or longer? Odds are way better for women

2012-12-10 13:15:00

There is good and bad news for women. They still face various forms of discrimination including earning less than their male counterparts, but they will have some measure of revenge by having a better chance to live longer, according to the Census Bureau....

For the last ten years, Census officials have wracked their brains to figure out ways to increase participation in the 2010 decennial count. In the State of Alaska, the least responsive state, they pinned their hopes on a totem pole.

2011-01-28 04:09:28

Everyone s favorite singer/abuser Chris Brown is doing his thing for the White House and stepping forward to tout the 2010 census . Should you be wondering what sort of questions the census has on it, rest assured that if Chris Brown is evangelizing it, it s not going to ask how many women you ve

2010-04-16 14:49:28

has maintained its perch as the nation's wealthiest state, according to data released Tuesday by the Census Bureau, though more residents in some suburbs were living in poverty than in 2000. The census information contained some good news for Baltimore.

2010-03-09 21:00:00