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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07/03/16 -With a stronger economy and a growing number of women of child-bearing age, Americans should be producing offspring at a healthy clip. But the most recent data suggest that this...
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07/01/16 -Ken Johnson, a demographer and professor of sociology at the Âé¶¹app, and colleagues from the University of Wisconsin, found: As the economic situation...
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06/26/16 -Much valuable research is ongoing at the New Hampshire Center for Public Policy Studies and at the Carsey School of Public Policy at UNH – that work caught the attention of Rep....
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06/23/16 -ÌýKenneth Johnson, seniorÌýdemographic researcher at the Âé¶¹app’s Carsey School of Public Policy,Ìýsaid last year,Ìý“If you ask people why is America more diverse...
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06/11/16 -Kenneth M. Johnson, a senior demographer at the Carsey School of Public Policy, who penned the study, asked: 'A critical question right now is: have women just delayed births...
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06/10/16 -Senior Demographer at The Carsey School of Public Policy Ken Johnson explains that since the onset of the Great Recession,Ìý there have been 3.4 million fewer births in the U.S....
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05/19/16 -Kenneth Johnson, a former Chicagoan who is senior demographer at the Âé¶¹app's Carsey School of Public Policy, discusses how Chicago may in some ways be...
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05/19/16 -There areÌýexceptions to the trend in US city growth, for exampleÌýCook County, which contains Chicago and theÌýolder suburbs, lost about 10,500 people in 2014-2015. Kenneth Johnson...
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05/10/16 -Âé¶¹app demographer Kenneth Johnson says the recession resulted inÌý2.3 million fewer babiesÌýover five years. He says a similar thing happened during the Great...
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05/10/16 -According to Kenneth Johnson, seniorÌýdemographer at the Âé¶¹app, the lower ratesÌýtranslate to about 3.4 million fewer births between 2008 and 2015. This...