California is the nation's most populated state, but it might not keep its crown for long. According to recent data from the United States. Census Bureau, California is one of the fastest ...

There's a birth every nine seconds in the United States and a death every 10. Here's how many people live in the U.S. and other population fast facts.

Mississippi's jump in prisoner numbers dwarfed the second-largest increase in the country, which occurred in Montana—though the state's prison population is smaller than many other states'.

The U.S. population is spread out among 3.8 million square miles across 50 states, yet nearly one-third of Americans live in just three states: California, Texas and New York. New York City alone ...

States without heavily-populated cities have very different numbers. Alaska, the largest state by area, ranks 50th in population density, with only 1.3 people per square mile.

New data estimates the greatest number of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender U.S. adults live in the South, confirming findings from recent years. Across the country, researchers estimate more ...

Though Florida has the largest Puerto Rican population among US states, Connecticut had the highest share, with 8.3 percent of that state’s population. That amounts to about 299,000 people.

The delay in receiving the census data could also cause the completion of map drawing to bump up against candidates’ filing deadlines in states like Virginia and New Jersey, which will hold ...