Demographics

Chart: Unauthorized Immigrant Population, By Country Of Origin

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Mexicans No Longer Make Up Majority Of Immigrants In U.S. Illegally

5:41pm April 25, 2017

by Hansi Lo Wang

Mexicans made up half of the 11.3 million unauthorized immigrants in the U.S. last year, according to new estimates by the Pew Research Center. There are growing numbers from Central America and Asia.

Workers' gear hangs inside Lobster Trap's facility in Steuben, Maine.

Maine's Immigrants Boost Workforce Of Whitest, Oldest State In U.S.

10:26am April 21, 2017

by Hansi Lo Wang

New immigrants are projected to be the main driver of the U.S. workforce over the next 20 years. That trend is already playing out in Maine, which has an aging white population with a low birth rate.

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The percentage of young women in the workforce jumped over twenty percent since 1975.

Young Women Make Economic Strides As Young Men Fall Behind In U.S.

6:25pm April 19, 2017

by Hansi Lo Wang

More young men are "falling to the bottom of the income ladder," while young women drive growth in the number of young people working full time in the U.S., according to a new Census Bureau report.

Protesters attend a rally in Brooklyn, N.Y., in 2016, in support of former NYPD Officer Peter Liang, who was convicted of manslaughter and official misconduct for the shooting death of Akai Gurley in a housing development stairwell.

On Police Treatment, Asian-Americans Show Ethnic, Generational Splits

9:36pm April 18, 2017

by Hansi Lo Wang

Younger Asian-Americans are more likely to cite unequal treatment by police than older generations, according to a survey of Asian-American voters who are also split on the issue along ethnic lines.

Ping Chan (right), a Chinese-language interpreter, assists a voter in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Nov. 8, 2016.

Trump Lost More Of The Asian-American Vote Than The National Exit Polls Showed

2:19pm April 18, 2017

by Hansi Lo Wang

Less than one-fifth of voters in the fastest-growing racial group in the U.S. supported Donald Trump in the 2016 election, according to new results from the largest exit poll of Asian-American voters.

Gender-neutral signs are posted outside public restrooms at the 21c Museum Hotel in Durham, N.C. The Census Bureau says it is not planning to ask about gender identity or sexual orientation in the 2020 Census.

U.S. Census To Leave Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity Questions Off New Surveys

6:23pm March 29, 2017

by Hansi Lo Wang

"Sexual orientation and gender identity" was listed in a Census Bureau report as a proposed topic for the 2020 Census or the American Community Survey. But the topic was later removed.

U.S. Postal Service mail carrier Thomas Russell holds a census form while working his route in 2010.

Run-Up To Census 2020 Raises Concerns Over Security And Politics

10:29pm March 28, 2017

by Hansi Lo Wang

Results from the U.S. Census in 2020 could remake the political map. Some census experts say the stakes for the upcoming national headcount are higher than normal.

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Deaths by drugs, alcohol and suicide among non-Hispanic whites, ages 45-54

The Forces Driving Middle-Aged White People's 'Deaths Of Despair'

3:10pm March 23, 2017

by Jessica Boddy

Middle-aged white people without college degrees are increasingly likely to die of suicide or drug and alcohol abuse. The lack of a pathway to solid jobs is one reason, two economists say.

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Power lines run near the U.S.-Mexico border at sunset last month in Columbia, N.M. Immigration has been a key issue in this presidential election, as demographic change has altered American politics.

A Changing America Faces A Stark Choice This Election

6:00am November 06, 2016

by Domenico Montanaro

Social and demographic change has shaken the foundation for some of what it means to be American. It has set the backdrop of this campaign in ways that were predictable and completely surprising.

Source: 2016 National Asian American Survey of 1,694 Asian-American and 261 Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander registered voters conducted by telephone between Aug. 10 and Sept. 29, 2016.

Asian-Americans Continue To Drift Away From The GOP, But It's A Complicated Story

1:14pm October 12, 2016

by Kat Chow

For decades, a majority of the Vietnamese-American electorate has leaned Republican. Now Asian-Americans are more likely to register as independents, with very complex opinions on national issues.