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Carsey School of Public Policy

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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