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A swing sits empty on a playground outside in Providence, R.I., March 7, 2020. (AP Photo/David Goldman) **FILE**

Census Bureau: Fewer couples lived with children last year as birth rates fell

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

Peruvian Julia Paredes, center in white hat, listens to instructions from a Border Patrol agent with others seeking asylum as they wait to be processed after crossing the border with Mexico nearby, Thursday, April 25, 2024, in Boulevard, Calif. Mexico has begun requiring visas for Peruvians in response to a major influx of migrants from the South American country. The move follows identical ones for Venezuelans, Ecuadorians and Brazilians, effectively eliminating the option of flying to a Mexican city near the U.S. border. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) **FILE**

Just 46% of new immigrants are working, census data show

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

The sun sets behind the New York skyline, Nov. 13, 2022, as seen from Calvary Cemetery. New York City appears to have gotten an additional 1,090 people added to its population total recently after asking the Census Bureau to double-check the city's numbers from the head count of every U.S. resident, city officials said. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, File)

Some U.S. states, NYC succeed in getting 2020 census numbers double-checked, increased

By Mike Schneider - Associated Press

In this Aug. 22, 2019, photo, people walk through New York's Times Square. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews) **FILE**

Biden’s border surge drives U.S. to new record with highest-ever share of immigrants

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Small tables and chairs. File photo credit: ChiccoDodiFC via Shutterstock.

Census finds 2022 preschool enrollment returned to pre-pandemic numbers

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

Fluids are controlled in an operating room in a hospital in Jackson, Tenn., on June 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Census Bureau finds share of people without health insurance fell in most counties during pandemic

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

A "SOLD" sign decorates the lawn of a new house in Pearl, Miss., on Sept. 23, 2021. Homeowner equity climbed to record highs in the first half of 2022, though its rate of growth is slowing as the housing market cools. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) **FILE**

Surge in young buyers boosted homeownership rate during COVID, Census Bureau finds

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

New York's Lower Manhattan skyline, including the One World Trade Center, left, is reflected in water on April 6, 2013, as seen from Liberty State Park in Jersey City, N.J. Eight of the 10 largest cities in the U.S. lost population during the first year of the pandemic, with only Phoenix and San Antonio gaining new residents from 2020 to 2021, according to new estimates released, Thursday, May 26, 2022, by the U.S. Census Bureau. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)

Census: Biggest cities lost more than 1M day residents as commuters stayed home during pandemic

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

A couple holds hands as they gather for the Gay Pride rally Saturday, June 27, 2015, in Mania, Philippines. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, File)

LGBT young adults report greater mental distress in pandemic: Census

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

In this May 7, 2020, file photo, a person looks inside the closed doors of the Pasadena Community Job Center in Pasadena, Calif., during the coronavirus outbreak. California Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration says the massive new federal coronavirus relief bill will pump more than $150 billion into the state's economy. Nearly half of that money will go to Californians directly in the form of $1,400 stimulus checks and expanded unemployment benefits. Another $26 billion will go to the state government. Newsom will announce his plans for the money in mid-May. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) **FILE**

Household incomes up across the U.S., poverty rates falling, except Americans 65 and older

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

Residents have begun receiving the U.S. Census Bureau's request for information receiving letters with a census identification number to answer questions about their households online. U.S. Bureau officials said Friday, May 6, 2022, they are ready to start examining changes that would combine race and ethnic questions and add a Middle Eastern and North African category on the 2030 census questionnaire, but they're waiting on another federal office to start the conversation. (John Roark/The Idaho Post-Register via AP) **FILE**

Including noncitizens in census devalues votes of citizens, unjustly alters House representation

By Hans A. von Spakovsky

Then-Census Bureau Director nominee Robert Santos, testifies before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee, Thursday, July 15, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Santos, now the Census Bureau director, said Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022, in an interview with The Associated Press that the statistical agency was starting its outreach efforts with hard-to-reach communities earlier, rather than just before the next count, which is in 2030. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Stimulus spending lifted Americans out of poverty: Census Bureau

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Census Bureau Cannot Count Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Census favored blue states after all

By Stephen Moore and E.J. Antoni

FILE - This April 5, 2020, photo shows an envelope containing a 2020 census letter mailed to a U.S. resident in Detroit. A group of Harvard researchers are coming out against the U.S. Census Bureau's use of a controversial privacy method on the numbers used for redrawing congressional and legislative districts, saying it doesn't produce data that are good enough for redistricting. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Census breaks new ground with survey questions on sexual orientation, gender identity

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Sen. Gary Peters., D-Mich., speaks during a hearing to examine United States Special Operations Command and United States Cyber Command in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2022 and the Future Years Defense Program, on Capitol Hill, Thursday, March 25, 2021, in Washington. (Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times via AP, Pool) ** FILE **

Democrats postpone committee vote on ICE, Census nominees

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Rep. Tom Emmer, R-Minn., speaks during the Republican state convention in Duluth, Minn. (Glen Stubbe/Star Tribune via AP) ** FILE **

NRCC targets 10 Dems following census reapportionment in Calif., Ill., Mich., Pa. and N.Y.

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

People walk on the street, Monday, April 26, 2021 in New York. The once-a-decade head count of the United States shows where the population grew during the past 10 years and where it shrank. New York will lose one seat in Congress as a result of national population shifts, according to census data released Monday. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) **FILE**

Census population shifts favoring blue states under Biden raise alarm

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

The frame of new home under construction sits in a neighborhood under development in north Dallas, Thursday, April 15, 2021. (AP Photo/LM Otero) **FILE**

US marks slowest population growth since the Depression

By MIKE SCHNEIDER and NICHOLAS RICCARDI - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 7, 2020, file photo, a person wearing a protective mask walks in front of the skyline on Bernal Heights Hill during the coronavirus pandemic in San Francisco. The first numbers from the 2020 census show southern and western states gaining congressional seats. The once-a-decade head count shows where the population grew during the past 10 years and where it shrank. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

US marks slowest population growth since the Depression

By MIKE SCHNEIDER and NICHOLAS RICCARDI - Associated Press

The U.S. Capitol dome is seen, Monday, July 9, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

Red states see gains as census shifts House seats

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times