Page 14 - Census 2020 News Today

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Ten years of population shifts will boost the clout of the Kansas City and Wichita areas in Kansas politics and fuel a fight over redrawing the district of the only Democrat representing the state in Congress.

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi's two most densely populated counties are on the far northern and southern ends of the state, according to 2020 census numbers released Thursday. DeSoto County is in the north, just south of Memphis, Tennessee, and it has been growing for two decades.

CHICAGO (AP) — Say goodbye to at least one of your GOP U.S. House members, Illinois. The release of new, detailed census data means Democrats who control state government can begin the once-in-a-decade process of redrawing Illinois' congressional district boundaries.

The U.S. Census Bureau released data Thursday that will be used for redistricting.

Newly released census data shows four of the nation's 10 fastest-growing municipalities are suburbs of Texas' big cities.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Four of the nation’s 10 fastest-growing municipalities are suburbs of Texas' big cities, census data released Thursday shows, meaning the second largest state in the U.S. could play a big part in the redistricting battle for control of Congress.

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Newly released census figures show that the state of Delaware has grown by more than 10 percent since the last count a decade ago but is still short of 1 million people. The Delaware News Journal reports that the state is now roughly 10,000 people shy of hitting a mark of 1 million inhabitants.

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada has become more populous and more diverse over the past decade, adding 404,000 residents, with about 4 out of 10 identifying as Hispanic or Latino according to the U.S.

Napa County experienced its slowest growth in a century between 2010 and 2020, according to new Census data.

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia is growing ever more urban and ever more diverse, Census figures released Thursday show, continuing a shift in population toward metro Atlanta and away from the rural areas that were once the backbone of the state.