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Squeezed by rising living costs, a record number of Americans %u2014 nearly 1 in 2 %u2014 have fallen into poverty or are scraping by on earnings that classify them as low income. The latest census data depict a middle class that's shrinking as unemployment stays high and the government's safety net frays. The new numbers follow years of stagnating wages for the middle class that have hurt millions of workers and families.

For more than two centuries, the Census Bureau has plotted America's population center, mapping a steady progression of westward and southward growth. With a boom in Texas and busts on the coasts sending the center South, what does the new center say about the nation's future?

Vacancy rates have been declining at apartment buildings across the U.S., sending rents soaring. And because housing makes up a big part of core inflation, those higher rents could translate into a doubling of the inflation rate this year.

The U.S. gained between 24 million and 31 million residents in the past decade, according to the Census Bureau's demographic analysis released Monday. And women outnumber men by 1.8 million.

Despite government efforts to keep people in their homes and record-low interest rates, the homeownership rate remains stuck at 1999 levels, according to the latest figures from the Census Bureau.

If your family's income has been decreasing, it appears you are far from alone. The Census Bureau said today that the median income for American families dropped 2.9% in 2009, down to $50,221 from $51,726. It's the second year in a row that a drop has been reported, with income down 4% since...

Poverty numbers were just released in a new Census report, and they aren't pretty. They probably also aren't very surprising, given the state of the economy these last few years. The bottom line is, poverty is up. In fact, it's up for just about everyone, although the Asian ethnic group's poverty...

Most people enter into marriage with the best of intentions. But with half of all marriages ending in divorce, one entrepreneur says it's just good business sense to taken the plunge into divorce insurance. John Logan's WedLock Divorce Insurance says it's the first company to offer divorce...

Young single women are earning more than their male peers in metropolitan areas around the U.S., according to an analysis of Census Bureau data released Wednesday. Some hope that the trend could eventually eliminate the male-female pay gap.

Five years after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans is older, wealthier and less diverse, but it's also home to more well-off young people -- demographic changes that could attract more businesses and developers, and give a real lift to efforts to rebuild the Big Easy.