U.S. Census Bureau

An activist campaign calls on city officials to shut down St. Louis' medium-security jail, commonly known as the Workhouse.

Census Bureau Will Make It Easier For Cities To Avoid Prison Gerrymandering

Eric Schmid

The bureau will include the number of incarcerated people in reapportionment data going to cities, counties and states next month.

The census will only ask if respondents are 'male' or 'female.' That leaves out a growing number of people who identify outside of that gender binary.

Economy & Business

Census Estimates Show St. Louis Regional Population Hangs Steady; City Drops Below 300K

Eric Schmid

St. Louis and St. Louis County saw the largest population decreases while St. Charles, Jefferson and Lincoln counties had the largest gains.

Government, Politics & Issues

New Federal Data Center Will Expand Research Opportunities Across St. Louis Region

Eric Schmid

The Federal Statistical Research Data Center will be housed at Washington University’s Danforth Campus.

The U.S. Census Bureau identifies places that it expects will be hard-to-count ahead of each survey. In the 2020 count, all of those locations in the Metro East are in or around East St. Louis.

Government, Politics & Issues

What You Need To Know About The 2020 Census

Eric Schmid

Updated at 11:50 a.m. on March 12 with information about census lettersMost of the country will get letters from the U.S. Census Bureau starting March 12.…

A U.S. Census Bureau representative goes door-to-door to conduct a non-response follow up. 11/22/19

Government, Politics & Issues

Report Shows Rural Missourians Hesitant To Participate In 2020 Census

Some rural Missourians say they don’t want to participate in the upcoming census because they don’t have time, they don’t trust the government or they’re…

International students from Webster University celebrate graduation in 2015. Students are among the foreign-born people who call the St. Louis region home.

Government, Politics & Issues

St. Louis Region Has Third-Fastest-Growing Foreign-Born Population Among Major Metros

Recent data shows the St. Louis region’s foreign-born population is growing at a faster rate than most of the country’s largest metro areas.According to…

Several St. Louis area nonprofits are preparing for the 2020 Census by ensuring a proper and accurate population count within the city and St. Louis County. Flikr photo of census form.

Government, Politics & Issues

St. Louis-Area Organizations Are Determined To Maximize 2020 Census Responses

Chad Davis

Leaders of several St. Louis-area organizations and businesses are taking the first steps to prepare for the upcoming United States census.The Missouri…

The study examined over 580,000 patient records collected over a 20-year period and found women were more likely to survive a heart attack when treated by a female doctor than a male doctor.

Health, Science & Environment

Rate of Missourians without health insurance remains at 9 percent, Census finds

Sarah Fentem

A new survey from the U.S. Census Bureau found the Missouri uninsured rate remained steady at 9.1 percent in 2017 despite several Congressional attempts…

The region actually grew slightly from 2016 to 2017, but Baltimore and other cities gained more residents in the same period.

Government, Politics & Issues

Census bureau: St. Louis no longer among top 20 most populous metro areas

Holly Edgell

The latest estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau show that the St. Louis metropolitan area continues to lose ground compared to other cities.Data released…

This fall, U.S. Census Bureau workers will come to St. Louis to verify, using in part smartphones, the agency's address lists, compiled using a new method. Those lists will help the Bureau conduct the 2020 Census.

Government, Politics & Issues

5 things to know about population growth in your state, the country and the world

Holly Edgell

Illinois got smaller. Missouri got bigger (slightly). And western states seem to have a pull on people looking to relocate. That’s according to the U.S.…