United States
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
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06/01/22Sun 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... -
05/20/22The 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... -
05/01/22AP 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... -
03/31/22The 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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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 -
06/24/21 - Bloomberg: Nine Months After Lockdowns, U.S. Births Plummeted by 8%Ken Johnson, Senior Demographer with Carsey School of Public Policy, was recently cited in Bloomberg regarding new data that in 2020, 25 states had more deaths than births – a... Read More -
06/23/21 - New Hampshire Bulletin: The good, the bad, and the ugly of tracking state and federal spending"We thought about the state budget, but part of the challenge is that the federal government has much better data than not just New Hampshire, but almost any other state."... Read More -
05/19/21 - The Laconia Daily Sun: As Families Struggle, Some States Lead the Way on Childcare, Paid LeaveJess Carson, a research professor at the Univeristy of New Hampshire's Carsey School of Public Policy, was recently quoted in The Laconia Daily Sun regarding her research on how... Read More -
05/12/21 - NHPR: NH Among Half The U.S. States That Saw More Deaths Than Births in 2020Ken Johnson, a Senior Demographer with the Carsey School of Public Policy, was recently interviewed by New Hampshire Public Radio regarding his research analyzing data that 20... Read More -
05/05/21 - NYT: The U.S. Birthrate Has Dropped Again. The Pandemic May Be Accelerating the Decline.Ken Johnson, Senior Demographer at the Carsey School of Public Policy, was cited in this recent New York Times article on the aging of the American population. A total of 25... Read More -
02/05/21 - The Horizon: The sweet side of a sour pandemicThe Horizon student newspaper reports on the toll that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on Hoosiers, especially small business owners across Indiana, and cited the Carsey School of... Read More -
01/29/21 - NH Public Radio: UNH Study: For First Time, Rural Populations Declined Over Last DecadeA new study from Carsey School of Public Policy Senior Demographer Ken Johnson shows that U.S. population growth was at its lowest in the century last year, particularly in... Read More