A little-known algorithmic process called “differential privacy” helps keep census data anonymous. Conservatives want it gone ...

President Donald Trump has instructed the Commerce Department to change the way the U.S. Census Bureau collects data, seeking to exclude immigrants who are in the United States illegally, he said ...

Falling public participation in surveys and trust in government have plagued the U.S. Census Bureau for decades. And some of the agency's current and former workers say there's a new complication to ...

The Rev. Richard Magnus looks at the mountain of data gleaned by the Census Bureau and thinks about churches -- where to build them, whether they need bilingual pastors, whether they should offer day ...

An apparent attempt by the U.S. Census Bureau to follow an executive order by President Trump targeting gender identity led to the public losing access for days to certain key statistics. The lack of ...

Andrew J Tatem works for the University of Southampton, and is Director of WorldPop. His research on mapping populations has been funded by donors such as the Gates Foundation, Wellcome Trust, GAVI.