Where do the most Peruvian Americans live?
Liam was the most popular boy name of the past 10 years
From 2016 through 2025, 202,601 baby boys were named Liam, more than any other name. Noah and Oliver round out the top three, while Henry climbed from 22nd to fifth.
How big is every state capital?
Phoenix is the largest state capital, at about 1.67 million people, and Montpelier, Vermont, the smallest, at about 7,800. Just 17 capitals are the biggest city in their state.
Chicago metro area population: 9.43 million, it's growing again
The Chicago metro had 9,434,123 residents in 2025, the third-largest in the U.S. It has grown three years in a row thanks to immigration, but remains 15,228 people below its 2020 census count.
Single-family building permits fell to their lowest rate since March 2023
Single-family permits dropped to an 845,000 annual rate in September, the lowest since March 2023, while apartment starts fell 25.9% from a year earlier and completions stayed near their lowest level since 2020.
How popular is the name Chad?
There are 208,927 living Chads, but only 96 boys got the name in 2025, down from 13,392 at its 1972 peak. Since Chad became slang for an alpha male, it has fallen faster than its peers.
Why so many officials oppose Trump's 2030 census plan, from federal funding to House seats
More than 100,000 comments have been filed on the 2030 census proposal. Opponents point to $2.85 trillion in census-guided federal money, shifting House seats, and the loss of race data.
Rural America grew by 76,000 people last year
Nonmetropolitan counties gained 76,234 residents in the year to July 2025 even though deaths outnumbered births by 94,885. North Dakota's oil counties grew; rural Nebraska slipped slightly.
College groups warn Census proposed 2030 plan could miss international students and H-1B faculty
ACE and 18 other higher-education groups asked the Census Bureau to withdraw its 2030 census proposal, saying college towns like Ames, where 43 percent of residents are in college, could be undercounted.
Where the most French Americans live, and where French immigrants settle
About 6.4 million Americans report French ancestry, with the highest shares in Maine and Louisiana. People born in France are concentrated in New York City, home to 20,072 of them.
Cleveland City Council formally opposes the 2030 census plan to exclude some immigrants
Cleveland City Council adopted a resolution against the 2030 census proposal, warning it could cut federal funding and representation. International migration has been Cuyahoga County's only source of growth.
Los Angeles County lost more people than any U.S. county as immigration fell by two-thirds
Los Angeles County lost 53,934 residents in the year to July 2025, the largest decline in the country. International migration fell from 92,259 to 29,325, and 105,471 more people moved out than in.
U.S. retail sales rise 0.8% in September, driven largely by gas stations
Americans spent $745.0 billion at retailers and restaurants in September, up 0.8 percent. Gas stations supplied $4.1 billion of the $5.7 billion gain; without gas, sales rose 0.2 percent.
Broward County went from 75% white to 31%, and Hispanic residents are now the largest group
Broward County, Florida, was 75.1 percent white in 1990 and is 30.7 percent white today. It grew 60 percent, yet its white population fell by about a third, and Hispanic residents now lead.
Before you move to Austin: what the census data says
Austin doubled in size since 1990 and home values jumped about 55% since 2020. Here's what the Census numbers actually show about the city, the metro, and the suburban ring before you make the move.
St. Louis has lost 30% of its people since 1990, but the region around it hasn't
The city of St. Louis had 278,144 residents in 2025, down from 396,685 in 1990. The metro area grew over the same period, and nearly all the loss is inside city limits that haven't changed since 1876.
Black household income rises 76% since 1967, but dollar gap with White households widens
Census figures back to 1967 show Black median household income up 76.2 percent after inflation, to $59,980. The ratio to non-Hispanic White income narrowed, but the gap in dollars grew to $36,730.
These U.S. counties have the highest housing vacancy rates, but they're not abandoned
Sixty-one percent of housing in Summit County, Colorado is vacant. That's Breckenridge, not a ghost town. Every county at the top of the vacancy list is a vacation destination.
The area codes with the most people
Hawaii's 808 is the most populous area code covering a whole state, with 1.43 million residents. Arizona averages 1.5 million people per code. Here is every state's area codes and residents per code.
The counties where most households earn six figures
About 53.3% of American households now earn $100,000 or more. In Loudoun County, Virginia it is 84.2%. Five of the top ten counties are in the Washington area.
One in seven Marshallese Americans lives in Springdale, Arkansas
A poultry town in the Ozarks holds 6,383 people from a Pacific island nation, the largest Marshallese community in the continental US. Tyson Foods, a Cold War treaty, and chain migration explain how.
Tribal leaders say the 2030 census plan would erase Native data, and the consultation was rushed
Tribal leaders oppose the proposal to drop race and ethnicity questions from the 2030 census, warning it would erase data on Native communities already undercounted by 5.64 percent on reservations in 2020.