The census provides a fascinating, once-a-decade glimpse at how the region and the country are changing – and as the first local data show, both are changing quite a lot. Buffalo and Erie County are growing for the first time in decades, even as other cities and counties across upstate New York continue shedding population. Future releases from the 2020 census will tell us even more about the state of the region. How are family structures changing, for instance? Which places are getting older or