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The Mountain West °µºÚ±¬ÁÏ Bureau sat down with U.S. Census Director Robert Santos, who discussed the importance of participating in the decennial census and the other surveys the bureau conducts. He also talked about efforts to improve the 2030 census in the wake of the complex and controversial 2020 census.

The Census Bureau has a tool called 'My Tribal Area' that provides accessible demographic information about tribal communities. It’s been around since 2016, but changes to the available data – or lack thereof – have affected how the tool has been received over the years.

New data shows that nearly 1 out of 4 people in the U.S. live in circumstances that make them vulnerable to extreme heat. But some infrastructure changes could offer some hope.

Earlier this month, the U.S. Census Bureau released its 2022 county-level population estimates. The Economic Innovation Group recently analyzed that data at a regional level, and across the West it found that while population growth rates remain well above national averages, they have slowed to near pre-pandemic levels.

The U.S. Census Bureau released new data Thursday revealing nationwide declines in poverty – and highlights the big disparities that remain among Mountain West states.

A new data set from the U.S. Census Bureau sheds light on how the pandemic affected health insurance, housing and work commutes across the country, and some of the shifts have been especially pronounced in the Mountain West.

The U.S. Census Bureau released more data from the 2020 U.S. Census today, including diversity numbers. There were large increases to many non-white races and ethnicities, which they attribute to simply asking better questions. However, some are still concerned that a proposed citizenship question and pandemic-related challenges still led to an undercount of certain populations.

After months of waiting, Colorado finally got the local Census population counts needed to draw congressional and state general assembly electoral districts on Thursday. The massive delay has caused a lot of unexpected problems for the state’s brand new independent redistricting commissions. This new set of local data show the ways Colorado’s population has really changed over the last decade.

The number released by the U.S. Census Bureau today will be the official total population count of Colorado. That number will confirm whether the state gets an eighth representative in congress. But there is a lot that number won’t be able to show, like the population of the state's cities, towns and counties.

2020 census results were supposed to come out in December, as mandated by the Constitution. The Census Bureau recently announced plans to release the first-round of results by April 30. Disruptions and accuracy concerns swirled around last year’s count and, for some, those concerns remain. The delay may help the Bureau fix some issues, but will also cause problems for the state’s redistricting plans and tax allocation process, and could affect local efforts like fire recovery.