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  1. 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.

  2. 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 …

  3. 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.

  4. 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 …

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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 …

  9. 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.

  10. 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.