THE DECENNIAL CENSUS is the federal government’s largest and most complex peacetime operation. Mandated in the U.S. Constitution to provide the basis for reapportioning seats in the U.S. House of ...

USA TODAY and USATODAY.com have launched comprehensive coverage of the 2000 Census. As the Census Bureau releases its 2000 population data throughout the month of March, USA TODAY will deliver that ...

These charts show the significant increase in the Latino/Hispanic population between 2000 and 2010 based on numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau. The Latino/Hispanic population more than doubled in ...

Seattle remains a highly segregated city where whites and minorities live in neighborhoods apart, according to 2000 Census data and a new national study. While segregation in Seattle has declined ...

Note: Based on mixed-race and mixed-group populations, regardless of Hispanic origin. See methodology for more detail. Source: 2000 and 2010 population estimates from U.S. Census Bureau, “The Asian ...

Every modern decennial census has included a program of formal evaluation studies intended to assess the quality of census operations and the resulting data. This appendix lists the evaluation studies ...