Exploring historical maps can send you down a fascinating rabbit hole — especially when you’re trying to trace streets that existed before the interstate reshaped the city. I’ve tried to pinpoint my ...

US President Trump will send letters to trade partners informing them about the level of tariffs.

The population of the United States has grown almost 123 times since the first federal census was conducted after the Declaration of Independence.

The McHenry County Historical Society and Museum in Union has introduced a new interactive way to explore the history of ...

Following a years-long surge in illegal immigration, the Trump administration is poised to challenge a longstanding but legally fraught practice: counting illegal aliens in the U.S. census. President ...

Across the country as a whole, towns and cities of all sizes recorded population increases from 2023 to 2024. Growth was smallest in places with populations below 5000, which increased by an average ...

Justin Madron details how he and his colleagues iterated through approaches to bring this history to life in an impactful and intuitive way.

President Trump revoked a Biden-era executive order that affirmed the longstanding practice of including the total number of persons residing in each state in a census count used for election maps.

To its credit, the Census has trended toward greater specificity and opportunities for self-identification since its first iteration in 1790.

Census categories for race and ethnicity have shaped how the nation sees itself. Here’s how they have changed over the last 230 years.

And in 2015, Canada reinstated mandatory participation in its census – which has asked about religious affiliation since 1871. If the Census Bureau doesn’t ask about it, how is religion measured in ...