Tim Henderson

Tim Henderson

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Tim Henderson covers demographics for Stateline. He has been a reporter at the Miami Herald, the Cincinnati Enquirer and The Journal News in suburban New York. Henderson became fascinated with census data in the early 1990s, when AOL offered the first computerized reports. Since then he has broken stories about population trends in South Florida, including a housing affordability analysis included in the 2007 Pulitzer-winning series "House of Lies" for the Miami Herald, and a prize-winning analysis of public pension irregularities for The Journal News. He has been a member and trainer for the National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting since its inception 20 years ago, specializing in online data access and visualization along with demographics.

US labor market weakened in June
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US labor market weakened in June

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Tim Henderson
Job growth slowed in June to an increase of 57,000 after three straight months of gaining more than 100,000, according to a new report released Thursday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Job gains were also revised down from...
Flouting Trump policy, federal judges are freeing immigrants from mandatory detention
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Flouting Trump policy, federal judges are freeing immigrants from mandatory detention

Jun 29, 2026
Tim Henderson
Gilberto Pacheco was driving to work for a construction job in California when he was pulled over in what court papers called a “traffic stop” in January. He was not accused of any crime, not even a traffic infraction, but...
Western, Southeastern states see economic bumps in first quarter
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Western, Southeastern states see economic bumps in first quarter

Jun 25, 2026
Tim Henderson
Economic output in the first quarter, which increased 2.1% nationally, was highest in Western and Southeastern states and dropped in the agricultural Midwest, according to new figures on Gross Domestic Product released Thursday by the federal Bureau of Economic Analysis...
In more states, older people outnumber children
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In more states, older people outnumber children

Jun 25, 2026
Tim Henderson
Catron County, New Mexico, may be seeing the future of an aging population today. It has beautiful landscapes that draw retirees who fall in love with the area and want to stay among soaring rock formations and bright stars in...
Housing starts sink to pandemic levels as builders worry about inflation
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Housing starts sink to pandemic levels as builders worry about inflation

Jun 16, 2026
Tim Henderson
May housing starts fell to the lowest level since the pandemic disrupted construction six years ago, the U.S. Census Bureau announced Tuesday. Builder confidence has dropped recently because of higher material and financing costs. The change threatens to exacerbate housing...
Surging stock market, Trump policies boost wealth for top 1%
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Surging stock market, Trump policies boost wealth for top 1%

Jun 16, 2026
Tim Henderson
When SpaceX, Elon Musk’s rocket and artificial intelligence company, began trading on the stock market last week, he became the world’s first trillionaire. The SpaceX IPO made the world’s richest man even richer, grabbing headlines worldwide. But it is merely...
Supreme Court agrees to weigh in on case over rights of some in ‘prolonged’ ICE detention
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Supreme Court agrees to weigh in on case over rights of some in ‘prolonged’ ICE detention

Jun 15, 2026
Tim Henderson
The Supreme Court agreed Monday to weigh in on the issue of whether some immigrants with criminal records can be detained indefinitely. The court accepted a case , Genalo v. Black, from New York state involving a legal immigrant from...
Inflation spiked to 4.2%, a three-year high, in May
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Inflation spiked to 4.2%, a three-year high, in May

Jun 10, 2026
Tim Henderson
Consumer price inflation reached 4.2% in May, the highest mark in three years, boosted largely by higher energy prices that have spiked because of the Iran war, according to federal numbers released on Wednesday. The higher year-over-year inflation rate was...
First-time homebuyers face hurdles despite gradual improvement
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First-time homebuyers face hurdles despite gradual improvement

Jun 04, 2026
Tim Henderson
The idea started with a sermon Micah Longmire heard at his Presbyterian church in Ogden, Utah, about the importance of grandparents in a child’s life. Longmire, now 31, exchanged a look with his mother-in-law. “We were like, ‘I’d be OK...
Measles, whooping cough spike amid low vaccination rates
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Measles, whooping cough spike amid low vaccination rates

May 29, 2026
Tim Henderson
Vaccine hesitancy fed by misinformation is causing new surges of measles and whooping cough, while COVID-19 hotspots persist in some states and a new threat looms from an Ebola outbreak in central Africa. Nationally there have been 1,983 measles cases...
Voluntary departures spike as immigrants face squalid detention, pressure to leave
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Voluntary departures spike as immigrants face squalid detention, pressure to leave

May 26, 2026
Tim Henderson
A surge in voluntary departure agreements in immigration courts is raising concerns that Trump administration tactics are unfairly pressuring immigrants into leaving the United States, even if they have a legal right to stay. Voluntary departures during the second Trump...
Trump administration will make green card hopefuls return to home countries before applying
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Trump administration will make green card hopefuls return to home countries before applying

May 22, 2026
Tim Henderson
Immigrants seeking green cards will have to return first to their home countries and wait despite years of potential backlogs, the Trump administration announced Friday. “An alien who is in the U.S. temporarily and wants a Green Card must return...