Demography
The Daily Yonder: Racial and Ethnic Diversity of Rural Population Grows by Nearly 20%
The Daily Yonder: "Over the past decade, the rural population declined by 0.6% but simultaneously became nearly 4 percentage points more diverse. That represents a nearly 20% increase in the portion of rural residents who are members of a racial or ethnic minority. In the following article,... Read More-
06/01/22
Sun Belt cities boom as major cities bleed population
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... -
05/20/22
The Washington Post: A rural county in Iowa that supported Trump turns to Latinos to grow
In this Washington Post article, Carsey demographer Ken Johnson observes, "The story of Greene County is the story of much of rural America, where... -
05/01/22
AP News: 100s of US urban areas will become rural with new criteria
In this Associated Press article, Carsey School Senior Demographer Kenneth Johnson discusses the implications of the U.S. Census Bureau changing the... -
03/31/22
The Hill: America's major metro areas are shrinking
New data from the U.S. Census Bureau show 62 of America’s 100 largest counties lost population between July 2020 and July 2021 during peak pandemic....
Recent Stories
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07/03/16 - The Orange County Register: The meaning of the baby bustWith a stronger economy and a growing number of women of child-bearing age, Americans should be producing offspring at a healthy clip. But the most recent data suggest that this... Read More
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07/01/16 - The Fosters Daily Democrat: UNH research finds Great Recession changed U.S. migration patternsKen Johnson, a demographer and professor of sociology at the University of New Hampshire, and colleagues from the University of Wisconsin, found: As the economic situation... Read More
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06/26/16 - The Concord Monitor: Editorial: State must reinvigorate populationMuch valuable research is ongoing at the New Hampshire Center for Public Policy Studies and at the Carsey School of Public Policy at UNH – that work caught the attention of Rep.... Read More
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06/23/16 - The International Business Times: When Will Minorities Become The Majority In The US? It’s Already Happening In Counties Across The NationKenneth Johnson, senior demographic researcher at the University of New Hampshire’s Carsey School of Public Policy, said last year, “If you ask people why is America more diverse... Read More
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06/11/16 - The Daily Mail: Fertility rates in 2015 plummet to lowest in recorded history as study shows 3.4million 'baby deficit' since the recessionKenneth M. Johnson, a senior demographer at the Carsey School of Public Policy, who penned the study, asked: 'A critical question right now is: have women just delayed births... Read More
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06/10/16 - The Washington Examiner: Baby Bust: 2015 had lowest U.S. fertility rate ever, down 600,000 birthsSenior Demographer at The Carsey School of Public Policy Ken Johnson explains that since the onset of the Great Recession, there have been 3.4 million fewer births in the U.S.... Read More
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05/19/16 - The Crain's Chicago Business: Bye, bye, Chicago. City, metro area now losing population.Kenneth Johnson, a former Chicagoan who is senior demographer at the University of New Hampshire's Carsey School of Public Policy, discusses how Chicago may in some ways be... Read More
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05/19/16 - USA Today: Census shows big U.S. cities continue to growThere are exceptions to the trend in US city growth, for example Cook County, which contains Chicago and the older suburbs, lost about 10,500 people in 2014-2015. Kenneth Johnson... Read More
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05/10/16 - The Quartz: Americans have stopped having babiesUniversity of New Hampshire demographer Kenneth Johnson says the recession resulted in 2.3 million fewer babies over five years. He says a similar thing happened during the Great... Read More
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05/10/16 - Time: Americans Hit Pause on Baby-Making and It's Going to Hurt the EconomyAccording to Kenneth Johnson, senior demographer at the University of New Hampshire, the lower rates translate to about 3.4 million fewer births between 2008 and 2015. This... Read More