Population and Census

STANFORD — Rising jail costs are the most notable difference in Lincoln County's proposed budget for the coming fiscal year. The proposed budget, which magistrates approved first reading of last week, plans for expenses at Lincoln County Regional...

* Kiribati uninhabitable in 30-60 years: President * Rising sea levels, population boom twin crises for tiny Pacific nation * Family planning viewed with scepticism in deeply religious Pacific * Radical solutions to house population being considered...

SOUTH TARAWA, Kiribati (Reuters) - The ocean laps against a protective seawall outside the maternity ward at Kiribati's Nawerewere Hospital, marshalling itself for another assault with the next king tide. Inside, a basic clinic is crowded with young...

The number of Americans who consider themselves multiracial has grown faster than any other racial group nationwide, new Census Bureau data reveal, a sign of slow but momentous shifts in the way that Americans think about race. Mixed or multiracial...

In New London, town officials have instructed their police to refrain from inquiring about a suspect's immigration status and are encouraging more Latinos to get involved in education and politics. The city is the hub of New London County, where the...

Florida ranks among the top five states in percentage of seniors enjoying an income that financial planners recommend, according to a survey released Monday by a subsidiary of North Palm Beach-based Bankrate.com. Two-thirds of Floridians 65 and older...

Interest.com, a website that publicizes bank and credit union interest rates, released a study Monday comparing retirement incomes in each state. The website's survey used the income of households where the person who filled out the Census form was 65 or...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Builders broke ground on fewer homes in August than in July, a reminder that the housing market remains depressed.  The Commerce Department says builders began work on a seasonally-adjusted 571,000 homes last month, a 5-percent decline...

Glendale officials have for years been trying to shake the city's image as a bedroom community to L.A. by bolstering the business base and building new apartments downtown. They've done so in the hope that more people will work closer to where they...

A notable example of how Americans fall through the cracks in census data-gathering caught my eye recently. It appeared on the black-oriented TheRoot.com website under this intriguing headline: "I found one drop; can I be black now?" The "one drop" is a...

WASHINGTON - With the window to respond to the 2012 Census of Agriculture officially closing on May 31, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is urging farmers and ranchers not to miss this opportunity to be counted and help determine the future of...

In the mind of most any longtime Connecticut resident, Stamford is not one of the Big Three. Hartford, New Haven and Bridgeport, the old-line, core New England cities, all are anchors for suburban towns that grew up in the post-World War II era, and all...