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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.

As a growing number of young women obtain advanced degrees, the U.S. Census Bureau predicts more women than men are expected to become doctors, lawyers and professors.

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 ...

In 2008, the median household income in the United States plummeted 3.6% from the year before, and the percentage of people living in poverty soared to an 11-year high, recently released U.S. Census data reveals.