The United States could achieve a first in 2025. The population might shrink for the first time in the nation’s history.

Cairo, a town at the southern tip of Illinois founded in the early 19th century, was given that name because it was expected to grow into a huge metropolis. Located at the confluence of the ...

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 has ...

Texas and Florida's populations have grown the most in the four years between 2020 and 2024, new data shows. The U.S. experienced its slowest population growth (0.1 percent) in decades during the ...

When Salvatore Pugliese disembarked the S.S. America at Ellis Island after two weeks at sea, an immigration officer grilled the 17-year-old tailor. Was he a polygamist? An anarchist? Did he advocate ...

A map of the youngest and oldest states in the country shows Utah as having the youngest population. The demographic map, created by Newsweek using data from the U.S. Census Bureau, shows that Utah ...