GENERALThe short answer is everyone. The US Census is designed to count every single person living in the United States - regardless of age, citizenship status, immigration status, race, or income. But the full answer involves some important distinctions about who counts where, which groups are historically undercounted, and a current political debate about whether that "everyone" rule should change for the 2030 Census...
JUNE 5, 2026 · 6 MIN · BY BRENDA SMITH
TIME-MACHINEPopulation projections are educated guesses, and the Census Bureau is the first to say so. Every projection comes with a range of scenarios built around different assumptions about birth rates, death rates, and immigration levels, and the gap between the high and low scenarios in 2050 runs to...
JUNE 4, 2026 · 6 MIN · BY DAVE ROGAN
GENERALThe US Census exists because the Constitution requires it. Article I, Section 2 mandates an "actual Enumeration" of the population every ten years, and the original reason was simple: to divide political power fairly among the states. But the census has grown into something...
JUNE 3, 2026 · 6 MIN · BY BRENDA SMITH