ASHEVILLE - The mountain city has grown ever-closer to a population of 100,000 since 2020 and the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, an October report from the Office of State Budget and Management shows ...

In 1970, a woman in Mexico might have expected to have seven children, on average. By 2014, that figure had fallen to around two. As of 2023, it was just 1.6. That means that the population is no ...

On July 11, the United Nations will mark its annual World Population Day, which aims to raise awareness of global population trends and related issues. Here are five facts about how the world’s ...

The city estimates follow a report in March that Cuyahoga County grew last year by 1,915 people to 1,240,594, reversing two consecutive years of losses. The county increase was because net gains from ...

Missouri is on the rise, according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau. In 2020, the state had an estimated population of about 6.15 million people. Now, the U.S. Census Bureau estimates the state ...

The Golden State is growing. California’s population increased by 108,000 people last year, the second year in a row the state has seen a significant boost in the number of residents, according to new ...

Modern Japan sounds like a sci-fi premise: the incredible shrinking country. Japan may have one of the longest national life expectancies, about 85 years, and the world's largest city, Tokyo. But the ...

Haines, pictured above on April 3, is Alaska's oldest borough with a median age around 50. The next oldest borough in the state is Wrangell. Alaska has returned to a period of slow-but-steady ...

The U.S. Census Bureau has projected that the nation's population will hit 341,145,670 at midnight on New Year's Day. It marks an increase of over 2.6 million people (0.78%) from January 1, 2024, and ...

Black bears were all but wiped out in Mississippi about 100 years ago and as a result, protections for the fragile population were put in place and a bear program was developed to help understand the ...