Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Texas, and Arizona saw the fastest population growth in percentage terms of any American state between 1 July, 2000, and 1 July, 2023, according to U.S. Census Bureau data.

For example, the population of Cahokia, the largest known city in prehistoric North America, peaked around 1100 and then ...

The U.S. population is spread out among 3.8 million square miles across 50 states, yet nearly one-third of Americans live in just three states: California, Texas and New York. New York City alone ...

Discover the five largest cities in North America based on population and land area. Learn about major metropolises like Mexico City, New York, and Los Angeles, and explore what makes them so ...

Bob Kelly, professor emeritus of archaeology at UW, excavates a site in Wyoming. Kelly led a new study showing that, if Europeans had arrived in North America a few hundred years earlier, they would ...