In the face of shrinking populations, many of the world’s major economies are trying to engineer higher birth rates. Moreover, birth rates are notoriously hard to change, and efforts to do so often ...

The population of Seattle has continued to grow, but it isn’t growing nearly as quickly as it did during previous years, according to numbers released by the United States Census Bureau this week.

The Southeastern U.S. was responsible for nearly 90 percent of the population growth that occurred in rural America last year, a Daily Yonder analysis of 2023 Census Bureau data shows. From 2022 to ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Migration, including foreign-born and domestic persons, is helping to drive population increases in South Dakota. In some counties in South Dakota, the foreign-born ...

Sometimes numbers don’t tell the whole story. The latest state population update might qualify as a case in point. According to the latest U.S. Census Bureau figures, most Massachusetts communities ...

Detroit — Michigan's population grew by more than 57,000 in 2024 due solely to immigrants, according to annual U.S. Census Bureau estimates of state population growth. The gain is the largest one-year ...