Cairo, a town at the southern tip of Illinois founded in the early 19th century, was given that name because it was expected to grow into a huge metropolis. Located at the confluence of the ...

Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Texas, and Arizona saw the fastest population growth in percentage terms of any American state between 1 July, 2000, and 1 July, 2023, according to U.S. Census Bureau data. The ...

The population of the United States has grown almost 123 times since the first federal census was conducted after the Founding Fathers signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776. In 1780, the ...

Mirroring changes in the U.S. population overall, registered voters have become more educated, more racially and ethnically diverse, older, and more religiously diverse over the past three decades.