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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,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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    In 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 and exurbs in what...
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    In this Washington Post article, Carsey demographer Ken Johnson observes, "TheÌıstory of Greene County is the story of much of rural America, where falling birthrates, an aging...
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    - Parsing Fact from Fiction
    A recent survey by the Âé¶¹app looked at the public acceptance of conspiracy claims compared to statements based on scientific facts. They found only around 10... Read More
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    In this Associated Press article, Carsey School Senior Demographer Kenneth Johnson discusses the implications of the U.S. Census Bureau changing the definition of an urban area.Ìı