New estimates show Indianapolis area continues as key for state’s population growth
Indiana’s growth rate was faster than the rate in neighboring Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan and Illinois.
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Lawsuits by Trump allies could shape how the 2030 census is done and who will be counted
As the challenges work their way through the courts, the Census Bureau is pushing ahead with its planning for the 2030 count and intends to conduct practice runs in six locations this year.
Westfield’s special census delayed again, this time by government shutdown
Westfield officials sought the special census to determine the number of people living in the fast-growing Hamilton County city and ensure the community receives adequate funding and resources.
Trump seeks to change how census collects data, wants to exclude illegal immigrants
Any changes in the conduct of a national census would require alterations to the Census Act and approval from Congress, and there likely would be a fierce fight.
International immigration drove Indiana’s growth last year, not births, analysis says
The 44,144 residents added in 2024 represent Indiana’s largest one-year increase since 2008.
Indiana’s slowing population growth expected to decline sharply as deaths outpace births
Overall population growth in Indiana will nearly skid to a halt by the 2050s while the Indianapolis metropolitan area attracts residents at relatively robust clip over several decades, according to new projections from Indiana University demographers.
Marion County no longer majority white, Census shows
The consolidated city-county recorded a net loss of about 8,000 residents between 2020 and 2023, according to recently released U.S. Census Bureau data.
Census Bureau sees older, more diverse America in 2100 in three immigration scenarios
The population projections offer a glimpse of what the nation might look like at the next turn of the century.
Latest Census estimates show Indy losing population, but at slower rate
Meanwhile, the Indianapolis suburbs continue their growth, with Hamilton County cities among the nation’s fastest-growing municipalities.
U.S. Census Bureau redefines meaning of ‘urban’ America
Almost 1,000 cities, towns and villages in the U.S. lost their status as urban areas on Thursday as the U.S. Census Bureau released a new list of places considered urban based on revised criteria.
New survey looks at pandemic’s impact on U.S. daily lives
During the first two years of the pandemic, the number of people working from home tripled, home values grew and the percentage of people who spent more than a third of their income on rent went up, according to survey results released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Hundreds of urban areas to become rural under new criteria
Under the new Census Bureau criteria, more than 1,300 small cities, towns and villages designated urban a decade ago would be considered rural. That matters because urban and rural areas qualify for different types of federal funding.
1950 Census data to be unveiled Friday, after 72 years under wraps
The National Archives will unveil a huge batch of the intimate details from the 1950 Census—on 6.4 million pages digitized from 6,373 microfilm census rolls. The information was collected under the promise it would be locked away for 72 years.
Population growth slowed in Indiana in 2021
Indiana’s population growth in 2021 was the smallest annual increase since 2015, according to analysis released Thursday by the Indiana Business Research Center at Indiana University.
U.S. grew wealthier, better educated in second half of 2010s
The report released Thursday captures the second half of a decade-long expansion in the U.S. economy that followed the Great Recession.
U.S. population growth hits record low, slowed by pandemic
The United States’ population grew by just 0.1% in the past year, the lowest rate since the nation’s founding, according to Census estimates.
College towns plan to challenge results of 2020 census
College communities such as Bloomington, Indiana; Tuscaloosa, Alabama; and State College, Pennsylvania, are exploring their options for contesting the population counts, which they say do not accurately reflect how many people live there.
Census shows United States diversifying, white population shrinking
Some demographers pointed out that the white population was not shrinking as much as shifting to multiracial identities. The number of people who identified as belonging to two or more races more than tripled from 2010 to 2020.
Census shows many rural Indiana counties lost population while metro Indy grew
Hamilton, Boone and Hendricks counties all had population gains of more than 20% between 2010 and 2020, during which time the census found Indiana as a whole grew 4.7%.
Lawmakers, citizens groups gird for redistricting session
The usual gerrymandering is expected this year as the Legislature embarks on the once-a-decade process of redistricting, though public scrutiny is expected to be much greater than in previous years.