Census

Several years after federal judges rejected the Trump administration's attempt to bar some immigrants from being included in census counts, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway wants to bring the issue to the U.S. Supreme Court.

The lawsuit from Republican Attorney General Catherine Hanaway argues Missouri would gain another congressional seat and Electoral College vote by excluding people without legal status from the count.

Missouri and other states in the Midwest saw growth over the past year, according to U.S. census data, but declining immigration may bring change to Missouri.

The leader of UnidosUS has decried the humanitarian and economic damage of the Trump administration’s immigration raids.

GOP lawmakers are trying again to exclude millions of non-U.S. citizens living in the states from census counts that the 14th Amendment says must include the "whole number of persons in each state." Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt and Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall are co-sponsors of one of the bills.

Although noncitizens don’t vote and aren’t eligible for federal social services programs, they still use resources in the community. Because Census results are used to allocate federal and state resources, smaller counted populations mean less money for municipalities and states.

More competition for labor, fewer kids and immigration policies are all slowing growth, according to Wichita State’s Center for Economic Development and Business Research.

After years of gain, urban core counties in the Kansas City area — including Jackson County and Wyandotte County — have started shrinking. But Johnson County is thriving.

The Census of Agriculture produces the clearest snapshot of agriculture in the U.S. as it exists. The USDA will begin mailing questionnaires to all known agricultural producers this month.

A new report from the USDA shows that rural areas are continuing to see growth among people over 65 while the working age population continues to decline.

Historically, the number of Kansans with health insurance was a couple of percentage points better than the United States. Since the passage of the Affordable Care Act, that is no longer the case.

Data released by the U.S. Census Bureau on Thursday showed that 508,000 people now call Kansas City home, while Platte and Clay Counties are growing at even faster rates than the city.