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.

Collections are coming for millions of student loans in default
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Collections are coming for millions of student loans in default

Nov 12, 2026
Tim Henderson
A long-postponed reckoning could be coming soon for millions of student loan borrowers who are now faced with garnished wages and seized tax refunds as soon as next year. Since pandemic forbearance finally expired last year, more than 9 million...
Young, diverse voters showed up for midterms as older, Trump voters stayed home
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Young, diverse voters showed up for midterms as older, Trump voters stayed home

Nov 10, 2026
Tim Henderson
Much of the midterm “blue tsunami” came from diverse, enthusiastic young voters with financial struggles who flocked to the polls, and also Trump voters sitting out the election, according to two experts analyzing turnout in a handful of states with...
Young home shoppers still priced out without help, according to survey
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Young home shoppers still priced out without help, according to survey

Nov 05, 2026
Tim Henderson
The age of the typical first-time homebuyer last year remained stuck at a historic high of 40 years old as younger people continue to get the worst of brutally high prices and interest rates in much of the country. That’s...
Trump administration has slow-walked 380,000 potential immigrant voters
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Trump administration has slow-walked 380K potential immigrant voters

Oct 29, 2026
Tim Henderson
The Trump administration cut naturalization sharply over the past year, leading to accusations it’s holding back hundreds of thousands of people who might have voted in the midterms. It’s hard to say how those people might have voted had they...
Analysis: Trump deportations near 1M, but few are criminals
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Analysis: Trump deportations near 1M, but few are criminals

Oct 22, 2026
Tim Henderson
The current Trump administration claims its mass deportation efforts have expelled nearly a million people through July of this year, but those include both voluntary returns and people turned around at the border, according to a new analysis by the...
Nine states shed jobs in the past year
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9 states shed jobs in the past year

Oct 20, 2026
Tim Henderson
Nine states and the District of Columbia lost jobs in the year ending in September, according to a report released Tuesday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Hit hard by the Trump administration’s cuts to the federal workforce, the...
New home completions are stuck at 2020 levels
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New home completions are stuck at 2020 levels

Oct 20, 2026
Tim Henderson
Single-family home completions remain stuck at early pandemic levels as of September as costs, labor supply shortages and high interest take a toll on home builders, especially in the Northeast and South. Apartment building was a more mixed picture, down...
Data centers are now the largest financial bet in US history
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Data centers are now the largest financial bet in US history

Oct 16, 2026
Tim Henderson
The sheer size of investment in data centers is drawing concern as it surpasses all other historical booms and crowds out other more job-creating ventures. Until now, no industry had driven the U.S. economy with such force since the railroad...
Powered by spikes in energy prices, inflation surges to 3.7% in last report before midterm elections
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Powered by spikes in energy prices, inflation surges to 3.7%

Oct 14, 2026
Tim Henderson
Inflation grew to a 3.7% annual rate in September, according to an Oct. 14 report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, up from 3.4% in August. In the last consumer price inflation report before midterm elections, with voters already...
Measles cases reach 4,080 for the year — the highest in decades
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Measles cases reach 4,080 for the year — the highest in decades

Oct 09, 2026
Tim Henderson
Measles cases for the calendar year surpassed 4,000 for the first time in decades, with as many as five deaths in Pennsylvania, as the federal government steps in with financial help for states but also fans vaccination fears and skepticism...
Aging workforce, immigration crackdown are depleting skilled workers
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Aging workforce, immigration crackdown are depleting skilled workers

Oct 08, 2026
Tim Henderson
A perfect storm of harsh immigration enforcement, aging journeymen and a building boom for data centers is wreaking havoc on the nation’s supply of skilled trade workers. Automakers and construction contractors say they need more access to workers through accelerated...
Hiring slows in September with job growth of 29K
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Hiring slows in September with job growth of 29K

Oct 02, 2026
Tim Henderson
Jobs across the United States rose by 29,000 in September, a disappointing result as recent growth was also revised down in Friday’s monthly jobs report, the last one before midterm elections. September growth was a large dip from a strong...