The share of children in poverty fell by nearly half in 2021, thanks mainly to a one-year enhancement of the enhanced child tax credit, according to Census Bureau data released Tuesday. Some 5.2% of ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The year 2021 was an outlier in many respects. Much of the year was characterized by halting steps to return to something resembling normality following the global health emergency ...

A measure that accounts for all federal subsidies also showed a reduction of almost half in the number of children below the poverty level. By Lydia DePillis and Jason DeParle A second year of ...

Although some of the fastest growing regions in the country continued to grow, the gains were nearly erased by stark losses in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco. By Robert Gebeloff Dana ...

The U.S. Census Bureau is again extending a final round of door knocking into early 2022 for a key survey that is expected to help determine the accuracy of last year's national head count. The change ...