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Two of every three new Texas residents in the past decade was Hispanic, signaling an explosive growth in the state's Latino population, Census ...

The scale of the long-term devastation inflicted on New Orleans has been revealed by the 2010 US census, which found that the city's population has collapsed by almost a third over the past decade.

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.

China's panda population is booming this year thanks to a record number of births in captivity, a rare accomplishment for the endangered species ...

The number of Internet users will surpass two billion this year, approaching a third of the world population, but developing countries need to step up access to the vital tool for economic growth, a United Nations agency said on Tuesday.

Hispanics live longer than whites or blacks, according to the first life expectancy data for the U.S. Hispanic population, which was released ...

China will continue to limit most families to just one child in the coming decades, state media said Monday, despite concerns ...

Limiting births would allow India time to curb a population that threatens to turn its demography from an asset into a burden.

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad hugs a child and is showered with flower petals during his visit to Semnan, Iran, in 2009. Ahmadinejad inaugurated a new policy on Tuesday to encourage population growth, whereby the government will pay families for every new child and deposit money into the newborn's bank account until they reach 18.