Since 1790, a US population tally has been administered and recorded every ten years. Measuring America, recently released by the Commerce Department's Census Bureau, documents this census of population from its initial start in 1790, when marshals counted 3.9 million US residents, to the year 2000, when the census totaled 281.4 million residents. This 149-page report traces the changes and growth...

The Wildlife Recreation data was gathered for the US Fish and Wildlife Service by the Census Bureau. "The tables have 1996 data on the game hunted and the fish caught, the money spent on travel and lodging, the equipment used, the places visited, the income and education of the survey respondents and the participation of disabled people." The site also has substantial data for states.

March 8, 2001, the Census Bureau released the first official figures from the 2000 census. Figures for New Jersey, Mississippi, Virginia and Wisconsin were released to demonstrate the impact of allowing respondents to indicate more than one race on their census forms (there were 63 race options). The largest gains were among Asian and Hispanic Americans, with Hispanic populations in the latter...

In 2000, the Census Bureau released data on the Older Population in the US collected "in the March 1999 Current Population Survey, which uses the 1990 census as the base for its sample." The report and its accompanying tables cover "geographic distribution, age and sex distribution, family type and size, educational attainment, labor force participation and employment, occupational...

The Overview of Race and Hispanic Origin presents data on America's ethnic make-up from the 2000 Census, showing that about thirteen percent of the total population identified themselves as of Hispanic origin. The brief gives data on all racial identifications in the new Census and discusses changes in questionnaire options from the last census, including the new option of selecting more than one...

The US Census Bureau, in association with the Federal-State Cooperative Program for Population Estimates (FSCPE), has recently released updated population estimates on the national, state, and county level. Updated national estimates are available on a monthly basis, and annual estimates are available for 1990- February 1997 by age group, sex and race. On the state level, estimates have recently...

This week's In the News looks at current debate over the United States year 2000 Census. Political debate concerning US Department of Commerce statistical methods for the up-coming 2000 Census intensified further this month with the passing of bill 472 in the US House of Representatives on April 14. The bill was sponsored by Florida Representative Dan Miller and, according to House democrats,...

As part of its ongoing series of Census Briefs, the U.S. Census Bureau released this 12-page document in December 2003 that examines the Arab population around the United States. The document begins with a description of how the Census enumerates which groups tend to identify as being of Arab ancestry, and then proceeds to discuss some of the findings from data gathered in the 2000 Census. Some of...

In 2000, the Census Bureau released data on the Black Population in the US collected "in the March 1999 Current Population Survey, which uses the 1990 census as the base for its sample." The report and its accompanying tables cover "geographic distribution, age and sex distribution, family type and size, educational attainment, labor force participation and employment, occupational...

The United States Census Bureau periodically issues brief reports highlighting research based on the latest Census; this particular report deals with the changing demographics of the older foreign-born population in the United States. Based on a random sample of 57,000 households, the 19-page report contains information about socioeconomic characteristics of this cohort, including marital status,...