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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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    Professor Kenneth Johnson discusses the decline in births since the recession.
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    All Things Considered host Peter Biello speaks with Ken Johnson on new census data showing N.H. continues to gain population from domestic migration.
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    As Kenneth Johnson puts it, “migration is the wild card, the big unknown†for New Hampshire’s population growth.
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    Kenneth Johnson explains how in the decade since the recession, American women had 4.8 million fewer babies thanÌıdemographers were expecting.
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    Marybeth J. Mattingly discusses how beingÌıbeing raised in poverty hasÌılasting consequences for children in adulthood.