About 55,000 businesses in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale area will receive economic census forms from the U.S. Census Bureau in December, part of an effort by the bureau to develop a comprehensive portrait of the American economy.

The U.S. Census Bureau will open one of just five Valley offices in Mesa next week as it gears up for the 2010 census.

WASHINGTON — The Census Bureau wants immigration agents to suspend enforcement raids during the 2010 census so the government can better count illegal immigrants.

Labor Day weekend has several semi-official functions in the American calendar: end of summer, start of fall, back to school, beginning of football season and baseball's pennant drives and, in some climes, a distinct and pleasurable turn in the weather.

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a twist to notions of race identity, new 2010 census figures show an unexpected reason behind a renewed growth in the U.S. white population: more Hispanics listing themselves as white in the once-a-decade government count.

With the recent release of the 1940 U.S. census — more than 132 million records needing to be digitally indexed for free public use — new information invaluable for family research is becoming available to genealogists.

WASHINGTON - Most Americans who rely on just a full-time job earning the federal minimum wage cannot afford the rent and utilities on a one- or two-bedroom apartment, an advocacy group on low-income housing reported Monday.

Labor Day presents an opportunity for workers everywhere to reflect on what’s good and bad about how they earn a living.

The income of Arizonans, on average, rose less last year than anywhere else in the nation.

Looking for a mate? Or just a date? If you’re in search of a woman, your best odds are in Santa Cruz County.

Mesa residents can expect to see canvassers with the U.S. Census Bureau passing by their homes beginning March 30. That's the beginning of the Bureau's information collection process.

New data from the U.S. Census Bureau will be released Thursday that demonstrate the rapidly changing population in the Phoenix region.

The U.S. Census Bureau is recruiting temporary, part-time workers in Chandler for the 2010 Census.

Preliminary results of the mid-decade census have sparked financial concerns among booming East Valley communities that had anticipated big gains.

Arizona officials are concerned that undocumented immigrants may not participate in the next census fearing deportation and as retaliation for immigrant crackdowns.

Scottsdale is urging residents to fill out U.S. census forms that will arrive in their mailboxes today to help determine the city’s future share of state tax revenue.

Scottsdale is urging residents to fill out U.S. census forms that will arrive in their mailboxes today to help determine the city’s future share of state tax revenue.

This data represents 2008 income and poverty estimates for every school district and county in the nation. These data, part of the Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) program, represent the only source of U.S. Census Bureau income and poverty data for each of the nation's 3,142 counties and almost 14,000 Title I-eligible school districts.

Pinal County continued a trend of explosive growth into 2007, despite a housing market that has slowed across Arizona and in Pinal's suburban neighborhoods.

 Pinal County continued a trend of explosive growth into 2007, despite a housing market that has slowed across Arizona and in Pinal’s suburban neighborhoods.

WASHINGTON - The nation's population officially hit 300 million at 7:46 a.m. EDT Tuesday, when the Census Bureau's population clock rolled over to the big number.

Arizona has reclaimed its spot as the country’s fastest-growing state after two decades of lagging behind neighboring Nevada.

Nearly one out of every seven adult males in Arizona is not a U.S. citizen. New figures released today from the U.S. Census Bureau also show that nearly one in five Arizona adults was born in another country.

PIKE COUNTY, Ind. - To the casual observer, the median center of U.S. population, as determined by the 2010 census, is a rather unremarkable spot in a Southern Indiana cornfield.