Demographics & Population

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington January 20, 2021. Patrick Semansky/Pool via REUTERS

Biden-won counties are home to 67 million more Americans than Trump-won counties

William H. Frey

Thursday, January 21, 2021

New York, NY/USA November 22, 2018 Hordes of shoppers descend on the JCPenney store in New York on Thanksgiving Day.

The silver economy is coming of age: A look at the growing spending power of seniors

Wolfgang Fengler

Thursday, January 14, 2021

A voter casts her ballot in the run-off election featuring incumbent Republican U.S. Senators David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler and Democratic challengers Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, at the polling site at the Dunbar Neighborhood Center in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., January 5, 2021. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

Last night in Georgia, Black Americans saved democracy

Andre M. Perry, Carl Romer, David Harshbarger, and Anthony Fiano

Wednesday, January 6, 2021

Census 2020 employee helps New Yorker fill census form at Sylvia's Restaurant in Harlem in New York on September 22, 2020 during Census Drive. Census Drive was coordinated with voter registration organized by Young Black Women protest group Freedom March NYC. (Photo by Lev Radin/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

The 2010s saw the lowest population growth in U.S. history, new census estimates show

William H. Frey

Tuesday, December 22, 2020

Deb Haaland works in her office at the U.S. Capitol before being sworn in as one of the two first Native American women in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, U.S., January 3, 2019. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

What Deb Haaland’s historic nomination as interior secretary means for Indigenous peoples

Robert Maxim and Randall Akee

Friday, December 18, 2020

Little girl holding a doll and looking out a window wearing surgical masks.

The coming COVID-19 baby bust: Update

Melissa S. Kearney and Phillip B. Levine

Thursday, December 17, 2020

US Migration rates

Just before COVID-19, American migration hit a 73-year low

William H. Frey

Tuesday, December 15, 2020

People watch fireworks after media announced that Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Joe Biden has won the 2020 U.S. presidential election, in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. November 7, 2020. REUTERS/Mark Makela

A memo to President-elect Biden: Don’t coddle white racial anxieties

Thursday, November 12, 2020

A voter (R) leaves a voting booth after casting her ballot in state's presidential primary election in Greenfield, New Hampshire, U.S. February 11, 2020. REUTERS/Gretchen Ertl

Older voters may secure a Biden victory in 2020’s swing states

William H. Frey

Wednesday, October 28, 2020

Seoul ,South Korea - September 5 2017 : many people in subway has a look tired after finish working

Rethinking aging societies: Growing young as you get old

Jesús Crespo Cuaresma

Monday, October 26, 2020