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America Counts: Stories About Population Estimates
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America Counts StoryU.S. Metro Areas Experienced Population Growth Between 2023 and 2024April 17, 2025New Census Bureau population estimates show 88% of U.S. metro areas gained population between 2023 and 2024.
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America Counts StoryOnly 50 U.S. Counties Had Populations Over a Million in 2024March 17, 2025A new data visualization highlights U.S. counties between 1970 and 2024 whose populations ever surpassed a million.
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America Counts StoryGear Up for Super Bowl LIX With Fun Facts and FiguresFebruary 06, 2025The Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles face off for the second time in three years, this time in New Orleans.
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America Counts StoryHappy New Year 2025!December 30, 2024The Census Bureau projects U.S. population will hit 341,145,670 on January 1, up 0.78% from 2024. World population is estimated at 8,092,034,511, up 0.89%.
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America Counts StoryU.S. Population Grows at Fastest Pace in More Than Two DecadesDecember 19, 2024The nation’s population grew by about 1% from 2023 to 2024, outpacing average annual growth since 2000 and signaling an end to tepid growth.
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America Counts StoryThe Most Wonderful Time of the Year for Many BusinessesDecember 12, 2024A look at holiday-themed Census Bureau data, from states that produced the most toys to U.S. places with holiday names.
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America Counts StoryEast vs. West in 2024 MLB World SeriesOctober 28, 2024We highlight fun facts and data about the Yankees and Dodgers as they battle it out in the World Series.
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America Counts StoryBoosting Civic Literacy in the Classroom for Constitution DaySeptember 05, 2024Teachers can use free Statistics in Schools (SIS) activities page to connect the census to the U.S. Constitution that calls for a population count each decade.
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America Counts StoryRethinking Urban and Rural DistinctionsAugust 27, 2024More people are moving away from city centers to the outer edges of metro areas but still work in urban centers, blurring the lines between rural and urban.
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America Counts StoryNot All Racial and Ethnic Groups Are Aging At National PaceJuly 30, 2024Population projections show racial and ethnic groups aging at different rates which will alter the makeup of the working-age population in coming decades.
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America Counts StoryHometown Heroes: Who Is Representing Team USA at the Summer Games in Paris?July 26, 2024There are 315 women and 279 men on Team USA, making this the fourth consecutive Olympic Games with more women than men on the team.
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America Counts StoryOlder Population Grew in Nearly All U.S. Metro AreasJune 27, 2024New 2023 metro area population estimates by age show increases in older adults in almost all metro areas, with decreases in young people in many metro areas.
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America Counts StorySun Belt Cities and Towns Led Nation in Population GrowthMay 16, 2024Population estimates for July 1, 2023, show rebounds in many large cities in the Northeast and Midwest and growth in remote small towns.
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America Counts StoryMore People Moved Farther Away From City Centers Since COVID-19May 16, 2024New July 1,2023 population estimates show that more of the nation’s fastest-growing places were exurban communities.
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America Counts StoryBridge Collapse Could Affect Over a Million People in Baltimore AreaApril 10, 2024The Community Resilience Estimates show that 21.7% of residents in the combined areas of Baltimore city and County are considered socially vulnerable.
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America Counts StoryBatter Up! America's Pastime Is BackMarch 28, 2024From Tampa Bay to Toronto, sports fans across the nation are eagerly awaiting the first pitch of the 2024 Major League Baseball season.
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America Counts StoryCollege Hoops Craze Captivates the NationMarch 22, 2024From courtside to the classroom, March Madness takes college towns by storm. Test your college knowledge with our new Population Bracketology games.
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America Counts StoryFour of Nation’s Fastest-Growing Metro Areas Are in FloridaMarch 14, 2024The Sunshine State was home to some of the fastest-growing and top-gaining metro areas, reflecting continued rapid population growth across the South.
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America Counts Story2024 Super Bowl: Fun Facts About the Players and PlacesFebruary 08, 2024Five-time Super Bowl champ San Francisco 49ers face three-time champ Kansas City Chiefs. Both have lost two Super Bowls.
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America Counts StoryHow the Real Estate Market Relies on Census DataFebruary 01, 2024Census Bureau statistics are free and help realtors create their own tools to buy and sell properties.
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America Counts StoryHappy New Year 2024!December 28, 2023The U.S. is the third most populous country in the world behind China and India but is expected to drop to fourth behind India, China and Nigeria around 2045.
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America Counts StoryContinued Decrease in Mortality Brings Natural Increase Closer to Pre-Pandemic LevelsDecember 19, 2023New population estimates show that 19 states had more deaths than births in 2023, down from 25 in 2022.
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Stats for StoriesPuerto Rico Constitution Day: July 25, 2023July 25, 2023The U.S. Census Bureau estimated Puerto Rico’s population at 3,221,789 on July 1, 2022, a decline of 2.0% from the 2020 Census on April 1, 2020.
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America Counts StoryAlmost a Quarter of U.S. Population Vulnerable to Rising HeatJuly 11, 2023Climate-focused data product finds that social factors contribute to low resilience to extreme heat exposure for almost 1 in 4 individuals in the United States.
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America Counts StoryCOVID-19 Impacts on Mortality by Race/Ethnicity and SexJune 22, 2023Males and the Hispanic, and American Indian and Alaska Native population groups experienced disproportionately large Increases in deaths during the pandemic.
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America Counts StoryImpacto del COVID-19 en la mortalidad por raza/origen étnico y sexoJune 22, 2023Los hombres y las poblaciones hispana e indígena de las Américas y nativa de Alaska estuvieron entre los grupos que experimentaron grandes aumentos en muertes.
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America Counts StoryPost-Pandemic Challenges and Opportunities for Population EstimatesJune 22, 2023New population estimates capture improvements in the methods of estimating the U.S. population.
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America Counts StoryDesafíos y oportunidades pospandemia para estimaciones de poblaciónJune 22, 2023Nuevas estimaciones de población incluyen mejoras en los métodos para estimar la población de los EE. UU.
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America Counts StoryHow Socially Vulnerable Is Puerto Rico to Disasters?June 07, 2023All municipios and 87% of census tracts in Puerto Rico showed higher social vulnerability than the United States.
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America Counts Story¿Cuánta vulnerabilidad social ante desastres tiene Puerto Rico?June 07, 2023Todos los municipios y el 87 % de los sectores censales en Puerto Rico muestran una mayor vulnerabilidad social que los Estados Unidos.
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America Counts StoryLarge Cities No Longer the Biggest Population LosersMay 18, 2023Large U.S. cities and towns show signs of a population rebound after experiencing big losses the first full year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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America Counts StoryTexas Population Passes the 30-Million Mark in 2022March 30, 2023Texas is now one of only two states with a population of 30 million or more. Its population reached 30,029,572 in 2022, behind only California (39,029,342).
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America Counts StoryTwo Years Into Pandemic, Domestic Migration Trends ShiftedMarch 30, 2023Domestic migration rebounded in some of the nation’s most populous counties that saw steep outmigration earlier in pandemic.
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America Counts StorySuper Bowl LVII: Fun Facts About Players and PlacesFebruary 08, 2023Two-time Super Bowl champ Kansas City Chiefs (2020, 1970) face one-time champ Philadelphia Eagles (2018). This is the fourth Super Bowl in Arizona.
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America Counts StoryNet International Migration Returns to Pre-COVID-19 LevelsDecember 22, 2022New 2022 population estimates show the largest single-year increase in net migration between the United States and abroad since 2010.
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America Counts StoryFlorida Fastest-Growing State for First Time Since 1957December 22, 2022For the third most-populous state to also be the fastest growing is historic because it requires significant population gains.
Page Last Revised - April 9, 2025
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