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America Counts Story2024 Paris Olympics: U.S. Population’s French ConnectionMore than 6 million people living in the United States reported French ancestry and 180,000 were foreign-born from France.
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America Counts StoryMore Than One Million Americans Report Ukrainian AncestryCensus Bureau data provide a demographic and socioeconomic portrait of people born in Ukraine and those who report Ukrainian ancestry.
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PublicationArab Households in the United States: 2006-2010This brief provides a portrait of households in the United States with a particular focus on Arab households; people of Arab ancestry are also discussed (ACS).
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TableResponses to the Ancestry Question by Detailed Ancestry Code: 2000Source: Census 2000, special tabulation
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PublicationCharacteristics of Selected Sub-Saharan African and Caribbean GroupsThis report presents selected characteristics of population reporting Ethiopian, Nigerian, Haitian, Jamaican, and Trinidadian and Tobagonian ancestry.
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PublicationArab Households in the United States: 2006-2010This brief provides a portrait of households in the United States with a particular focus on Arab households; people of Arab ancestry are also discussed (ACS).
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PublicationAncestry: 2000This report presents Census 2000 data on the most frequently reported ancestries and describes population distributions for the United States.
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TableResponses to the Ancestry Question by Detailed Ancestry Code: 2000Source: Census 2000, special tabulation
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TableVoting and Registration in the Election of November 2000The P20 reports and detailed tables are released every two years following national level elections.
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TableAncestry of the Population by State: 1980 TablesThese tables are from the 1980 Decennial Census.
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Working PaperForum on Ethnic Groups from the Middle East and North AfricaOn Friday May 29th, 2015 a Forum on Ethnic Groups from the Middle East and North Africa was held at Census Bureau headquarters in Suitland, Maryland.
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Working PaperMatched Race and Hispanic Origin Responses from Census 2000 and CPSThis paper uses matched CPS-Census 2000 data to compare race and Hispanic origin responses between the two data sources.
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Working PaperComparing Social Characteristics Between Census 2000 and the ACSCompares results from Census 2000 to results from the American Community Survey for characteristics such as nativity, place of birth, language, and ancestry.
Other Subtopics Within 'Population'
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Age and SexFocusing on a population’s age and sex composition is one of the most basic ways to understand population change over time.
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ChildrenAll Census Bureau demographic surveys collect information about children. The information collected varies.
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Computer and Internet UseThe U.S. Census Bureau has been collecting data on computers and Internet use sporadically since 1984.
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Foreign-BornThe foreign-born population includes anyone who is not a U.S. citizen at birth, including those who have become U.S. citizens through naturalization.
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Hispanic OriginPeople who identify with the terms “Hispanic” or “Latino” are those who classify themselves in one of the specific Hispanic or Latino categories.
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InternationalThe U.S. Census Bureau conducts demographic, economic, and geographic studies of other countries and strengthens statistical development around the world.
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Language UseLanguage use, English-speaking ability, and linguistic isolation data are collected in the ACS.
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Migration/Geographic MobilityMigration and geographic mobility both refer to the movement of people within and across boundaries, such as county or state lines.
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Older Population and AgingDetailed information and statistics on population older population and aging.
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Population EstimatesAnnual estimates for the U.S., states, counties, cities, etc. Components of population change (births, deaths and migration) for U.S., states and counties.
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Population ProjectionsThe Population Projections Program produces population estimates for future dates. Projections include assumptions about future births, deaths, and migration.
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RaceThe data on race and ethnicity were derived from answers to the question on race and ethnicity that was asked of individuals in the United States.
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Racial and Ethnic DiversityThe concept of racial and ethnic diversity refers to the representation and relative size of different racial and ethnic groups within a population.
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Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity (SOGI)U.S. Census Bureau data on these topics can help measure the growing diverse, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) populations.
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VeteransThe U.S. Census Bureau currently collects data on veterans of the Armed Forces using the ACS, CPS, and SIPP.
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