population growth

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?

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.

As the Russian wheat shortage sends food prices soaring, investors should note that such stories are going to become only more common as the developing world expands. For this and other reasons, the agriculture sector is worth considering.

I've long believed the most underrated tip for a successful career is to move where the jobs are. If a growing metropolitan area reflects a healthy job climate, knowing which will boom over the next 15 years and which will bust could be crucial to your job success. Bizjournals has just released...

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the minority population in the United States reached an estimated 104.6 million, or 34 percent of the nation's total population, on July 1 2008. That's up from 31 percent when the census was last taken in 2000. According to the latest data, nearly one in every...