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Soaring numbers of Hispanics and Asians pushed Virginia's population over 8 million in the past decade, transforming the state into a far more diverse place, according to census figures released Thursday.

The announcement of the first result from the 2010 census marks the start of a season of Congressional redistricting that will increase the power of the South and West.

The U.S. Census Bureau is giving back almost a quarter of the money it received to do its job this year.

Employment fell for a second straight month in July as more temporary census jobs ended while private hiring rose less than expected, pointing to an anemic economic recovery.

Minorities now make up about 35% of the country's population, and about 57% of the population in California. Meanwhile, the white population continues to decline.

Across the nation, the number of minorities continues to rise and the white population continues to decline, according to U.S.

It sounds simple enough. Knock on some doors, ask some questions, get some answers....

After much hoopla and expense, the US Census Bureau is ready to try and count every US resident. On Monday, 120 million households began receiving letters alerting residents to next week's official census 2010 kickoff ...

A new audit finds that the Census Bureau wasted millions of dollars in preparation for its 2010 U.S. population count, including ...

One down, more than 309 million to go.

U.S. Census Bureau Director Robert Groves on Monday began the 2010 count of the nation's residents in a village in Alaska's arctic hinterlands.
The first person tallied in Noorvik, an Inupiat Eskimo community of 650, was Clifton Jackson, a World War II veteran and the town's oldest resident.

"It's all downhill from now," Groves said after exiting Jackson's house.

Many of the states in the South and West that boasted country's highest growth rates are now seeing dramatic slowdown in population numbers.