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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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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05/20/25
Weekend of Commencement Festivities Celebrates 2025 Graduates
The Âé¶¹app celebrated commencement weekend with three ceremonies on the Durham campus and one at the UNH Franklin Pierce School... -
04/03/25
Cracking the Childcare Crisis
The New Hampshire Early Care and Education Research Consortium at UNH aims to inform policy and action toward a more robust early childhood education...
Recent Stories
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09/14/18 -Professor Kenneth Johnson discusses the decline in births since the recession.
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09/14/18 -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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09/13/18 -As Kenneth Johnson puts it, “migration is the wild card, the big unknown†for New Hampshire’s population growth.
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09/13/18 -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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09/10/18 - New Leadership for New Hampshire Listens“It all starts with a conversation,†says Michele Holt-Shannon, newly-named director of New Hampshire Listens. During the past eight years, New Hampshire Listens has hosted more... Read More
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09/07/18 - The Power of EngagementSarah Wrightsman '17G could be described as someone with a growth mindset. ÌıAs a community garden project coordinator for at-risk youth in Somersworth, New Hampshire, Wrightsman... Read More
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09/05/18 - UNH Research Finds Access to Early Childhood Education LackingThe number of slots offered by licensed early childhood education providers in the Upper Valley of New Hampshire and Vermont is 2,000 short of the estimated number of young... Read More
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08/29/18 - UNH Research Finds Child Care Expenses Make the Middle Class Hard to ReachAbout nine percent of working families with children under the age of six are pushed out of the middle class as a result of their child care expenses, according to new research... Read More
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08/28/18 - Chaos at Home Adversely Affects AdolescentsA new UNH study is among the first to look at the effects of unstable and disorganized family environments on rural teens Read More
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08/16/18 -Marybeth J. Mattingly discusses how beingÌıbeing raised in poverty hasÌılasting consequences for children in adulthood.