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The number of Wyoming residents living without health insurance is falling, but the Equality State still lags behind most of the nation.
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The Mountain West News Bureau sat down with U.S. Census Director Robert Santos, who discussed the importance of participating in the decennial census and the other surveys the bureau conducts. He also talked about efforts to improve the 2030 census in the wake of the complex and controversial 2020 census.
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Most of the Mountain West ranks below average when it comes to health insurance coverage and median income, according to recently released Census data.
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The Census Bureau has a tool called 'My Tribal Area' that provides accessible demographic information about tribal communities. It’s been around since 2016, but changes to the available data – or lack thereof – have affected how the tool has been received over the years.
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People are volunteering less throughout the country, according to data released this year. Several Mountain West states, however, remain well above average when it comes to giving back.
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Recently released U.S. Census Bureau statistics indicate that 16 of the state's 23 counties experienced a population increase from July 2021 to July 2022, the period for which statistics were recorded. The uptick in population comes as there were more death than births in the state in 2022.
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The state's population rose to just over 581,000 according to U.S. Census Bureau statistics. The increase comes solely from new arrivals to the Cowboy State as deaths outpaced births among existing residents for the first time in decades.
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The U.S. Census Bureau released new data Thursday revealing nationwide declines in poverty – and highlights the big disparities that remain among Mountain West states.
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A new data set from the U.S. Census Bureau sheds light on how the pandemic affected health insurance, housing and work commutes across the country, and some of the shifts have been especially pronounced in the Mountain West.
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The state's senior population is rising and is expected to reach 20 percent of the total population by 2030 if trends continue. Since 2010, the growth of minority populations, namely those who are of two or more races and Hispanic and Latinx, have almost exclusively been responsible for Wyoming's population growth.