COVID-19 News
The Hill: 3 out of 4 US counties had more deaths than births in past year
COVID-19 claimed more lives than births over the past year, leaving 400 counties in America with their first-ever population declines. The Hill recently reported on the Census statistics with insight from Carsey School Senior Demographer Ken Johnson, who explained the exacerbated trends from the... Read More
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03/24/22The Washington Post: Most U.S. counties lost population last year as deaths outnumbered births, data shows
The Washington Post reports on new U.S. Census data showing that nearly three-quarters of all U.S. counties reported more deaths than births last... -
03/24/22Los Angeles Times: L.A. and other big U.S. cities all lost residents in the pandemic's first year
The Los Angeles Times reported on how the first year of the pandemic resulted in a migration surge to the American Southwest as many major U.S.... -
03/17/22The Daily Yonder: Pandemic Hit Rural Pocketbooks Harder, Says Congressional Briefing Paper
A congressional briefing and new report will share research showing that rural residents, when compared with their urban counterparts, were more... -
02/25/22The Daily Yonder: Economic Pressures on Birth Rates and Migration Caused Rural Population Loss
An overall decline in the number of people residing in rural U.S. counties, accompanied by more deaths and fewer births, can be explained by...
Recent Stories
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08/26/21 - The Conway Daily Sun: U.S. Census: Coos population dropped by 5.4%The New Hampshire-based Conway Daily Sun recently reported on new 2020 U.S. Census data that shows the population of N.H.'s Coos County and Androscoggin Valley continued to... Read More -
08/25/21 - The Progressive Magazine: Funding the FutureThe Progressive Magazine recently reported on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the U.S. workforce, citing research from the Carsey School's COVID-19 Jobs Report: By State... Read More -
08/19/21 - Nashua Health Department Receives COVID-19 Equity GrantThe City of Nashua Health Department recently received funding from the Kresge Foundation that it will use to study why people of color trust/mistrust its health care system. As... Read More -
08/17/21 - WGBH: The Economics of Pandemic Disruption Ford Hall ForumMichael Ettlinger, Director of the Carsey School, recently joined a WGBH panel to discuss responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, the impact of those responses, and reactions from... Read More -
08/16/21 - NH Public Radio: The 2020 Census and New Hampshire, Explained By UNH Demographer Ken JohnsonCarsey School Senior Demographer Ken Johnson recently joined NHPR’s Rick Ganley for an interview on the 2020 Census data and how New Hampshire’s population has changed. Read the... Read More -
08/13/21 - The Hill: Census shows US growth driven by minorities; white pop falls under 60 percentThe Hill newspaper recently interviewed Ken Johnson, Senior Demographer at the Carsey School, regarding new census data that shows a natural decrease in the white population as... Read More -
08/13/21 - The New York Times: The U.S. birthrate has dropped again. The pandemic may be accelerating the decline.The birthrate declined for the sixth straight year in 2020, according to the federal government. Kenneth Johnson, a senior demographer at the Carsey School, has calculated that... Read More -
07/27/21 - Wall Street Journal: U.S. Population Growth, an Economic Driver, Grinds to a HaltKen Johnson, Senior Demographer with the Carsey School of Public Policy, was recently interviewed by The Wall Street Journal regarding the role of population growth in bolstering... Read More -
07/20/21 - Athlon Sports: SEC Football: Conference Enters 2021 Stronger Than EverThe Southeastern Conference Football's (SEC) 2021 season is looking stronger than ever, according to athletic directors at the 14 schools included in the NCAA division.... Read More -
07/09/21 - Alexandra Gazette Packet: Baby Bust: Declining birth rates lead to shrinking Kindergarten enrollmentsThe Alexandra Gazette Packet recently interviewed Ken Johnson, Carsey School Senior Demographer, to discuss nationwide declining birth rates and its impact on local school systems... Read More