Population Publications
This page contains population-related publications released by the U.S. Census Bureau.
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Centenarians: 2020
The report provides an updated portrait of the centenarian population in the United States based on the 2020 Census.
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Birth Cohort Geographic Mobility in the United States: 2005–2023
This brief uses American Community Survey (ACS) 1-year data from 2005 to 2023 to examine geographic mobility for six commonly recognized birth cohorts.
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Trends in Veteran Disability Status
This report investigates changes in disability status among veterans of the U.S. armed forces and how they compare to the broader nonveteran population.
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The Emergency and Transitional Shelter Population: 2020
This special report focuses on the people in Emergency and Transitional Shelters during the 2020 Census and their demographic characteristics.
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Computer and Internet Use in the United States: 2021
This report summarizes and analyzes estimates from the 2021 1-year and 2017-2021 5-year ACS for computer and internet use.
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Differences in Parental Mortality by Age and Race/Ethnicity: 2022
This research brief uses data from the 2022 Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) to examine parental mortality by age and race/ethnicity.
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The Foreign-Born Population in the United States: 2022
This report provides an overview of the foreign-born population residing in the United States, highlighting select demographic and socioeconomic characteristics
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Grandparents and Their Coresident Grandchildren: 2021
This report examines the characteristics of grandparents and their coresident grandchildren using Decennial Census, ACS, CPS ASEC, and SIPP data.
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Home-Based Workers: 2019-2021
This brief will identify overall trends in home-based work, including the share of jobs worked on-site, at home, and a mix of both.
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Aging Veterans: America's Veterans in Later Life
Older veterans are less likely to be living in poverty and less likely to socially isolated than other older adults who never served in the armed forces.
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Migration in the United States: 2006 to 2019
Both the number of movers and the percentage of people moving declined from 2006 to 2019, and movers became more likely to cross certain geographic boundaries.
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Multiple Partner Fertility Research Brief: 2021
This research brief provides an overview of the prevalence of multiple partner fertility in the United States in 2021.
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Age and Sex Composition: 2020
This report presents key findings from the 2020 Census on the age and sex composition of the U.S. population as well as changes between 2010 and 2020.
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The Older Population: 2020
This report describes the older population of the United States in 2020, with comparisons to the 2000 and 2010 Censuses.
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Congressional Apportionment: 2020 Census Brief
Trends in congressional apportionment and the apportionment population—what it is, who is included, and what method is used to calculate it.
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Domestic Migration of Older Americans: 2015-2019
Older people are far less likely to move than younger people, and most of their moves are short distances within the same county, especially for the oldest-old.
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Language Use in the United States: 2019
This report presents data on languages spoken in the United States by people 5 years old and over based on the 1-year 2019 American Community Survey (ACS).
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Asia Aging: Demographic, Economic, and Health Transitions
The older population in Asia is expected to triple from 2020 to 2060. The majority of the 1.2 billion older Asians will be in Eastern and Southern subregions.
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Childless Older Americans Presentation
This is an invited presentation given to the Northwest Neighbors Village about the Childless Older Americans: 2018 report.
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Living Arrangements of Children: 2019
This report examines the living arrangements of children using data from the 2008 and 2018 ACS, 2007 and 2019 CPS ASEC and 2014 SIPP.
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The Regular Receipt of Child Support: 2017
This brief discusses the financial child support received by parents who care for children whose other parent or parents live outside the household.
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Benefits Received by Veterans and Their Survivors: 2017
In 2017, almost one-half of veterans (46.7 percent) received at least one cash or noncash benefit from the VA or the military.
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Developing Public-Facing Language Products
This guide shares detailed information about the best practices implemented for the 2020 Census by the Census Bureau.
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Childless Older Americans: 2018
One in six older Americans are childless. As older people living alone increase, questions arise about the well-being and supports for older childless adults.
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Number, Timing, and Duration of Marriages and Divorces: 2016
This report uses data from major U.S. Census Bureau demographic surveys to provide a comprehensive look at current and earlier marital patterns in the U.S.
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Computer and Internet Use in the United States, 2018
This report highlights computer and internet use data for various demographic and geographic characteristics using estimates from the 2018 ACS.
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The Employment, Earnings, and Occupations of Post-9/11 Veterans
This report describes the employment, earnings, and occupations of Post-9/11 Veterans during the period between 2014 and 2018.
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The Commuting Patterns of Older Workers: 2013-2017
Older workers are a growing share of the workforce, with different needs than younger workers. Their commuting behaviors contribute to changing travel patterns.
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School Enrollment in the United States 2018
The publication School Enrollment in the United States: 2018 is CPS and ACS.
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Africa Aging: 2020
Between 2020 and 2050, the older African population is projected to triple from 74 million to 235 million. Its growth will outpace any other world region.
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Those Who Served: America's Veterans From World War II to the War on Terror
This report looks at the roughly 18 million Americans, or about 7 percent of the adult population, who were veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces in 2018.
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Old Housing, New Needs: Are U.S. Homes Ready for an Aging Population?
Only 10% of homes in the U.S. are aging-ready, while a quarter of all older households have trouble using some feature of their home.
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Custodial Mothers and Fathers and Their Child Support: 2017
This report uses the 1994-2018 Current Population Survey Child Support Supplements to examine characteristics of custodial parents and their children.
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Demographic Turning Points for the United States
This report highlights projected demographic changes of slower growth, considerable aging, and increased racial and ethnic diversity.
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Living Longer: Historical and Projected Life Expectancy in the U.S
This report examines historical and projected life expectancy in the United States and explores differences between the native and foreign-born populations.
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A Changing Nation: Population Projections
This report compares the effect of different migration assumptions across several projections scenarios with the results of the main series.
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