New Jersey's population reached a record 9.5 million in 2024, a surprise surge that exceeds any other Northeastern state.

Following years of decline, the state's prison population jumped by 8% in 2022, and signs indicate it's still on the rise.

Major economies are heading toward a "population collapse" by 2100 because of falling fertility rates, new research has found ...

The number of Black people living in the United States reached a new high of 48.3 million in 2023. That’s up a third (33%) since 2000, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of government data.

Colorado wildlife officials have released 15 gray wolves that were captured in Canada in order to help create a permanent population. NBC News'  Steve Patterson has more on the conservation efforts.

Union County had the greatest increase in population, growing by 10.4 percent from 63,085 to 69,637 between 2020 and 2023.

When Trump was first inaugurated in January 2017, there were about 550,000 homeless people nationwide, according to an annual ...

Ventura County's annual point-in-time homeless count started Wednesday. The county is one of the nation's least affordable ...

The world's second largest economy faces demographic headwinds, as its dwindling population continues to age, leaving a ...

Wisconsin also saw an increase from the year prior, with over 5,000 homeless people counted statewide in January 2024.

A trio of bills would increase take of animals by eliminating hunting quotas, allowing year-round hunting, and reclassify wolves as ‘furbearers’.

Key statistics and data about the demographic, geographic and economic characteristics of the U.S. Black population.