Demography
In an Associated Press article about immigrants keeping the largest urban counties in the U. S. growing in 2024,Ìıthe Carsey School's Senior Demographer Kenneth Johnson commentedÌı“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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07/29/19 -A new report from the CDC estimates thatÌı3.788 million U.S. births occurred in 2018, markingÌıthe 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.ÌıIn this AP article, Âé¶¹app Carsey School of Public...
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07/17/19 -A recent study by the Carsey School of Public Policy examines the aspirations, choices and challenges of young New Hampshire residents growing up in rural, northern communities,...
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04/19/19 -Ken Johnson features in The Hill
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04/18/19 -Ken Johnson featured in Daily Yonder.
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03/07/19 -The United States population grew by just 0.6 percent last year,Ìıthe smallest increase in 80 years, according to Ken Johnson, a demographer at the Âé¶¹app. He...
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03/02/19 -In the 1970s, Âé¶¹app demographer Kenneth Johnson said, “A dramatic and surprising shift occurred when more people moved to rural areas.†For the first time in...
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02/15/19 -When retirees move in, they bring their skills with them, says Kenneth Johnson, a demographer at UNH who studies migration trends.