Demography
The Daily Yonder: "Over the past decade, the rural population declined by 0.6% but simultaneously became nearly 4 percentage points more diverse. That represents a nearly 20% increase in the portion of rural residents who are members of a racial or ethnic minority. In the following article,...
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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...
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05/20/22In this Washington Post article, Carsey demographer Ken Johnson observes, "TheÌýstory of Greene County is the story of much of rural America, where...
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05/01/22In this Associated Press article, Carsey School Senior Demographer Kenneth Johnson discusses the implications of the U.S. Census Bureau changing the...
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03/31/22New 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....
Recent Stories
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08/09/19 -Chicago lost an estimated 7,000-plus residents from 2017 to 2018, according to recent U.S. Census data. Carsey School of Public Policy demographer Ken Johnson offers perspective...
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08/08/19 -Carsey School of Public Policy demographer Ken Johnson recently joined Daniel Lichter of Cornell University and John Cromartie of the U.S.ÌýDepartment of AgricultureÌýin presenting...
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08/07/19 -A recent analysis by HireAHelper.com found that New Hampshire ranked 11th lowest for dollar-for-dollar tax burden among the 50 states and Washington, D.C. Carsey School of Public...
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08/05/19 -New numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau show that major metropolitan areas like Chicago, Los Angeles and New York are losing population.Ìý"When the economy was down—through 2014—...
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08/04/19 -For the second year in a row, New Hampshire's population growth was fueled largely from people moving to the Granite State from other places, according to U.S. Census estimates....
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08/01/19 -A recent study from the Carsey School of Public Policy found that rural U.S. areas - or around about 80 percent of the country's agricultural towns - are suffering from rapid...
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07/31/19 -A new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention identifies that birth rates are down more than half of what they were in 2007. Carsey School of Public Policy...
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07/29/19 -A new report from the CDC estimates thatÌý3.788 million U.S. births occurred in 2018, markingÌýthe fourth year in a row in which the number of births has dropped nationally. Carsey...
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07/25/19 -Âé¶¹app demographer Kenneth Johnson was recently quoted in a Los Angeles Times article on the shrinking U.S. birth rate, according to new research from the CDC...
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07/23/19 -America's baby bust continues on according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.ÌýIn this AP article, Âé¶¹app Carsey School of Public...