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Demography
In an Associated Press article about immigrants keeping the largest urban counties in the U. S. growing in 2024,Ìýthe Carsey School's Senior Demographer Kenneth Johnson commentedÌý“A substantial excess of births over deaths has long been the primary driver of U.S. population growth, but as this...
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05/22/25CBS News’ 60 Minutes Overtime interviewed the Carsey School’s Senior Demographer Kenneth Johnson to find out what’s happening with American women...
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05/21/25In this Newsweek article, U.S. News Reporter Jordan King interviews experts to examine the reason Americans are moving to low-tax states. Kenneth...
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06/15/22The Daily Yonder: "Over the past decade, the rural population declined by 0.6% but simultaneously became nearly 4 percentage points more diverse....
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06/01/22In this article The Hill reports, "More than half of American cities registered a loss of population over the last year as people flocked to suburbs...
Recent Stories
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05/20/22 -In this Washington Post article, Carsey demographer Ken Johnson observes, "TheÌýstory of Greene County is the story of much of rural America, where falling birthrates, an aging...
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05/01/22 -In this Associated Press article, Carsey School Senior Demographer Kenneth Johnson discusses the implications of the U.S. Census Bureau changing the definition of an urban area.Ìý
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03/31/22 -New data from theÌýU.S. Census Bureau show 62 of America’s 100 largest counties lost population between July 2020 and July 2021 during peak pandemic. The Hill takes a look at this...
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03/25/22 -COVID-19 claimed more lives than births overÌýthe past year, leaving 400 counties in America with their first-ever population declines. The Hill recently reported on the Census...
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03/24/22 -The Washington Post reports on new U.S. Census data showing that nearly three-quarters of all U.S. counties reported more deaths than births last year. The Post interviewed Senior...
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03/24/22 -The Los Angeles Times reported on how the first year of the pandemic resulted in a migration surge to the American Southwest as many major U.S. cities lost residents. The LA Times...
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03/24/22 -Carsey School Senior Demographer Ken Johnson, along with Carsey Fellows Shannon Monnat and Leif Jenson and Carsey author Jessica Ulrich-Schad, will participate in a congressional...
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03/21/22 -The New Hampshire Bulletin recently reported on a growing general distrust in New Hampshire elections and in government in general. The news outlet spoke withÌýQuixada Moore-...
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03/21/22 -Small Towns/Big Trends: Demographic Insights on Living, Working and Thriving in Rural America–Carsey School Senior Demographer Ken Johnson – along with Carsey Fellows Shannon...
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03/17/22 -A congressional briefing and new report will share research showing that rural residents, when compared with their urban counterparts, were more likely to suffer setbacks because...