
An Aging Nation: U.S. Median Age Surpassed 39 in 2024
Jun 26, 2025 · Median age rose in 85% of the nation’s 387 metro areas from 2020 to 2024 and was higher than the national median of 39.1 in almost half of metro areas.
August 2023: The Wizard of Oz - Census.gov
Aug 1, 2023 · One reason The Wizard of Oz has remained so popular among adults and children is the movie's contrast between the black and white segments and color photography in the …
Most Popular Surnames in the United States - Census.gov
Dec 15, 2016 · The country’s 1,000 most common surnames by race and Hispanic origin and those that occurred 100 or more times in the 2010 Census.
September 2023: Philo Farnsworth and the Invention of Television
Sep 1, 2023 · In the decades after Philo Farnsworth's invention of television in 1928, Census Bureau data shows that television ownership has grown from 5 million in 1950 to 60.6 million …
Which States Had the Highest Shares of Newcomers?
Apr 29, 2025 · Many states with the highest share of recent movers from out-of-state in 2023 had relatively small populations.
New Data on Detailed Languages Spoken - Census.gov
Jun 3, 2025 · This release provides data on over 500 individual languages and language groups spoken across the country during the five-year period from 2017 to 2021.
Population Growth Reported Across Cities and Towns in All U.S.
May 15, 2025 · Cities of all sizes grew on average from 2023 to 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Vintage 2024 Subcounty population estimates released today.
1950 Census Records: A Window to History
Mar 28, 2022 · The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is set to release individual records of everyone counted in the 1950 Census April 1, following a mandatory 72 …
Common U.S. Surnames - Census.gov
Feb 26, 2024 · Find the most frequently occurring last names or surnames in the United States as tabulated from some of the last few Censuses of Population and Housing.
Data - Census.gov
Aug 28, 2025 · Access demographic, economic and population data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Explore census data with visualizations and view tutorials.