Highlands County's population grew by 1 percent in a year, which surpassed the statewide average of 0.7 percent, according to the latest U.S. Census estimates. ...more

March 23, 2009

Six of seven counties in the Bay area are growing in population, but Pinellas continues a four-year decline, the latest census data show. ...more

March 20, 2009

Six of seven counties in the Tampa Bay area saw population increases from July 1, 2007, to July 1, 2008, census data released this week show. Pinellas County's population, meanwhile, declined for the fourth year in a row. ...more

March 19, 2009

Despite the nation's reputation as a rootless society, only about one in 10 Americans moved in the last year - roughly half the proportion that changed residences as recently as four decades ago, census data show. ...more

January 7, 2009

TALLAHASSEE – Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles H. Bronson is urging the state's farmers and ranchers to watch their mail in early January for the arrival of the 2007 Census of Agriculture form. "I urge all of Florida's agricultural producers to participate in the Census by completing and returning the form," Bronson said. "The input received by the Census helps shape the future of agriculture for years to come, and we want to make sure that the voices of Florida's farmers and ranchers are heard." ...more

December 30, 2007

Jeff Ames, president of the Mason Oaks homeowners association, received one of 70 invitations extended to community leaders this month by Hillsborough County Planning and Growth Management staff to discuss community-based planning options on the table for Valrico. ...more

December 29, 2007

For the first time this decade, Florida grew by fewer than 200,000 people in a year, according to figures released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau. ...more

December 27, 2007

More than three times as many black people live in prison cells as in college dorms, the government said in a report released last week. ...more

September 30, 2007

For Whitney Hess, a 25-year-old software designer in New York, the tension that ultimately ended her recent relationships was all right there, in the digits on her pay stub. ...more

September 30, 2007

An Associated Press analysis of new census data provides insight into the reasons for the slumping housing market: Since 1990, homeowners have faced a growing gap between their incomes and the price of their homes. ...more

September 12, 2007