Key Points• The U.S. Census Bureau is required by law to protect the confidentiality of census respondents.• The bureau is using a new method called “differential privacy” as part of the 2020 census to fuzz up the data in order to prevent individual respondents from being potentially identified.• However, the […] Read more »
Demographics were expected to push Florida left. Instead, they nudged it to the right.
Democrats are gaining ground in growing, urbanizing, racially diverse states. … But there’s an important exception to this pattern: Florida. Florida is home to expanding metros such as Miami, Tampa, Orlando and Jacksonville. Almost half of Floridians are people of color, and the state’s population is increasing. Yet Florida voted […] Read more »
Asian Americans emerged as an important voting bloc in 2020. Activists fear new voting restrictions could silence them
… Nationally, Asian Americans make up about 7% of the total US population. But they were the fastest-growing segment of eligible voters among all major racial or ethnic groups between 2000 and 2020, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of Census data. Some of the biggest population gains […] Read more »
Few American Jews are non-White, but a new poll shows that is likely to change
The vast majority of American Jews are non-Hispanic Whites, and some view Ashkenazi or European Judaism as the “norm.” But the racial makeup of the American Jewish population looks like it might change, and with that, perceptions of what being Jewish looks like could change as well. A Pew Research […] Read more »
Here’s what the sharp AAPI population growth means for politics
The face and culture of the United States has always been changing, with different races and ethnic groups flowing into the country and redefining what it means to be “American.” And in recent years some of the biggest impacts have come from Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Over the past […] Read more »
Black and Hispanic Americans See Their Origins as Central to Who They Are, Less So for White Adults
Most Americans say they are very familiar with their roots, but the strength of their attachment to them varies by race and Hispanic origin, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted to explore themes of self-identity ahead of last year’s U.S. decennial census. Black and Hispanic adults were more […] Read more »