UNH in the News
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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12/09/21 -Child careÌýaccessibility and affordability continue to impact people across the U.S., and the issue has been exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Federal Reserve Bank of...
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12/08/21 -As climate change concerns begin to rise, legislators in WashingtonÌýhave began to shift the focus of resources toward implementing clean energy, especially in overlooked...
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12/02/21 -In the previous decade, the number of Americans who live alone has jumped 4 million to 37 million one-person U.S. households in 2021 - representing 28 percent of all households...
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12/01/21 -From a field of 84 college students from across the state, nine teams have been selected to advance to the final round of the 2021 New Hampshire Social Venture Innovation...
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11/23/21 -Carsey School of Public Policy Senior Demographer Ken Johnson joins NBC News to discuss some of the causes of the U.S. birthrate dropping for the sixth year in a row. The Pew...
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11/16/21 -Fewer responsesÌýrecorded in the 2020 Census data, partly due to the COVID-19 pandemic, have researchers worried about reliable estimates in the future. The Seattle Times recently...
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11/11/21 -In a recent article by The Valley News,Ìýcountless women have spoken out about their first hand sexual harassment encounters while workingÌýfor the Upper Valley cleaning companies....
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11/08/21 -As a result of staffing shortages many childcare facilities have had to close leaving parents desperate for alternatives. White River Junction childcare in the Upper Valley is...
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11/03/21 -Many predicted a baby boom resulting from the COVID-19 quarantine. However, research from the Carsey School of Public Policy's Ken Johnson shows just the opposite.ÌýA Q106.5Ìý...
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11/02/21 -2020 U.S. Census data shows an increase in racially diverse populations in Upper Valley towns in New Hampshire. Ken Johnson, Senior Demographer with the UNH Carsey School of...