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New York's Lower Manhattan skyline, including the One World Trade Center, left, is reflected in water on April 6, 2013, as seen from Liberty State Park in Jersey City, N.J. Eight of the 10 largest cities in the U.S. lost population during the first year of the pandemic, with only Phoenix and San Antonio gaining new residents from 2020 to 2021, according to new estimates released, Thursday, May 26, 2022, by the U.S. Census Bureau. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)

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US Census Bureau: Big city losses early in COVID pandemic
By MIKE SCHNEIDER - Associated Press
Wed,05/25/22-11:13PM , 361 Reads
Ko Im always thought she would live in New York forever. She knew every corner of Manhattan and had worked hard to build a community of friends. Living in a small apartment, she found her attitude shifting early in the coronavirus pandemic. After her brother accepted a job in Seattle in the summer of 2020, she decided to move there too.
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In this April 1, 2019, photo, Noelle Fries, 6, left, and Galen Biel, 6, both of Minneapolis, attend a rally at the Minnesota Capitol to kick off a year-long drive to try to ensure that all Minnesota residents are counted in the 2020 census. Around 1 in 20 residents in Arkansas and Tennessee were missed during the 2020 census. Other U.S. states, including Minnesota, had significant overcounts of their populations, according to figures the U.S. Census Bureau released Thursday, May 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Steve Karnowski, File)

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In 2 states, 1 in 20 residents missed during US head count
By MIKE SCHNEIDER - Associated Press
Thu,05/19/22-9:15AM , 549 Reads
Around 1 in 20 residents in Arkansas and Tennessee were missed during the 2020 census, and four other U.S.
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Residents have begun receiving the U.S. Census Bureau's request for information receiving letters with a census identification number to answer questions about their households online. U.S. Bureau officials said Friday, May 6, 2022, they are ready to start examining changes that would combine race and ethnic questions and add a Middle Eastern and North African category on the 2030 census questionnaire, but they're waiting on another federal office to start the conversation. (John Roark/The Idaho Post-Register via AP, File)

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Census ready to study combining race, ethnicity questions
By MIKE SCHNEIDER - Associated Press
Fri,05/06/22-2:53PM , 548 Reads
U.S. Census Bureau officials said Friday they are ready to start examining changes that would combine race and ethnicity questions and add a Middle Eastern and North African category to the 2030 census questionnaire, but they have to wait for another federal office to start the conversation.
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Allyson Jacobs stands for a portrait outside her workplace, Wednesday, May 4, 2022, in New York. For Jacobs, life in her 20s and 30s was about focusing on her career in health care and enjoying the club scene in New York City. It wasn't until she turned 40 that she and her husband started trying to have children. They had a son when she was 42. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

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Motherhood deferred: US median age for giving birth hits 30
By MIKE SCHNEIDER - Associated Press
Fri,05/06/22-10:44AM , 484 Reads
For Allyson Jacobs, life in her 20s and 30s was about focusing on her career in health care and enjoying the social scene in New York City. It wasn't until she turned 40 that she and her husband started trying to have children. They had a son when she was 42.
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