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New Hampshire Bulletin: Census data shows that children make up the most diverse part of the state's population

The New Hampshire Bulletin recently reported on the diversification of New Hampshire's population following the release of 2020 Census data that shows that the state's youth is the most diverse population in the state. The Bulletin interviewed Senior Demographer Ken Johnson and Carsey researcher Quixada Moore-Vissing, co-author of the 2020 New Hampshire Civic Health Index, which was released earlier this year.

PolitiFact: How do COVID-19 deaths, job losses in NC compare to other states?

PolitiFact recently examined a quote by North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper in which Gov. Cooper claimed his state had the "lowest COVID-related deaths, as well as job losses per capita." In fact checking the Governor, the news outlet references unemployment data from the Carsey School's COVID-19 Economic Crisis: By State report.

The Conway Daily Sun: U.S. Census: Coos population dropped by 5.4%

The New Hampshire-based Conway Daily Sun recently reported on new 2020 U.S. Census data that shows the population of N.H.'s Coos County and Androscoggin Valley continued to decline. The newspaper quoted Carsey's Senior Demographer Ken Johnson, who said, "In northernmost Coos County, major declines in the traditional wood and paper products industry continue to push young adults to seek opportunity elsewhere, which results in fewer births to offset deaths to its older population."