2020 Census

A final round of door knocking for a follow-up survey is now set to last until early 2022. Delays have raised concerns about whether the bureau can determine which groups the 2020 census undercounted.

North Carolina lawmakers began drawing legislative maps based on new population data from the 2020 census. One proposed map would boost Republicans by putting Mecklenburg County into three congressional districts.

The Charlotte City Council unveiled three possible maps for its seven districts on Wednesday. The city has to draw new maps after getting new population data from the 2020 census.

U.S. Census Bureau data tells us that rural counties in North Carolina lost population between 2010 and 2020. That coincides with the GOP's takeover of the NC General Assembly in 2011. But when a recent opinion piece said that Republicans have made life worse for rural NC counties, Steve Harrison, in his weekly Inside Politics newsletter, wonders if that's true — or a misunderstanding of causation and correlation.

Latinos saw the largest increase of any racial or ethnic group in North Carolina over the last decade, according to data from the 2020 census.

The white population is still the largest racial group in the U.S. Whether it is declining depends on how you define "white." Narrow definitions, researchers warn, can be misleading and dangerous.

We're talking about the latest on the situation in Afghanistan, the new bipartisan infrastructure bill, learning how the census data will affect North Carolina's redistricting and reviewing President Biden's administration.

New Census data shows South Carolinians are gravitating toward the state’s coastline and the suburbs south of Charlotte, North Carolina. Those are the spots with the most population growth between 2010 and 2020.

Between 2010 and 2020, North Carolina's population grew 9.5% to 10.4 million. During that same time, 51 North Carolina counties lost population and 49 grew. With 1.13 million residents, Wake County is now the state's largest county, surpassing Mecklenburg as the most populous county in the state.

The Charlotte City Council and mayor are likely to get four or five months added to their two-year terms because of U.S. Census Bureau delays in reporting data. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board? Some will likely get an extra year to their four-year terms. Why the disparity?