Population, 2010 Census | featured news

The scale of the long-term devastation inflicted on New Orleans has been revealed by the 2010 US census, which found that the city's population has collapsed by almost a third over the past decade.

Soaring numbers of Hispanics and Asians pushed Virginia's population over 8 million in the past decade, transforming the state into a far more diverse place, according to census figures released Thursday.

The announcement of the first result from the 2010 census marks the start of a season of Congressional redistricting that will increase the power of the South and West.