Carsey School of Public Policy demographer Ken Johnson recently joined Daniel Lichter of Cornell University and John Cromartie of the U.S. Department of Agriculture in presenting findings on the population decrease in rural U.S. areas compared with the rise in metropolitan populations. The paper, which was presented to the Rural Sociological Society, examines the transformation of rural areas to urbanized regions as populations densify and U.S. classifications of "rural" change.

A recent analysis by HireAHelper.com found that New Hampshire ranked 11th lowest for dollar-for-dollar tax burden among the 50 states and Washington, D.C. Carsey School of Public Policy Director Michael Ettlinger explains how the level of tax burden can impact the decision of people and businesses to move to the New Hampshire.

New numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau show that major metropolitan areas like Chicago, Los Angeles and New York are losing population. "When the economy was down—through 2014—urban cores were holding onto more of their domestic migrants. That's changing now," Carsey School of Public Policy demographer Kenneth Johnson recently told Crain's Chicago Business.

For the second year in a row, New Hampshire's population growth was fueled largely from people moving to the Granite State from other places, according to U.S. Census estimates. Ken Johnson, a demographer with the Carsey School of Public Policy, compares this trend to population growth trends in the 1970s and '80s in this WHDH News 7 article.

A recent study from the Carsey School of Public Policy found that rural U.S. areas - or around about 80 percent of the country's agricultural towns - are suffering from rapid depopulation. “It’s not uncommon in rural high schools for half the graduating class to leave the area within a few years after graduation,” said report co-author and Carsey School demographer Ken Johnson.

A new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention identifies that birth rates are down more than half of what they were in 2007. Carsey School of Public Policy demographer Ken Johnson offers his perspective in this USA Today article.

Kabria Baumgartner's research on North Shore African American history is highlighted.

COLA's Survey Center conducts a NH primary poll with CNN.

A new report from the CDC estimates that 3.788 million U.S. births occurred in 2018, marking the fourth year in a row in which the number of births has dropped nationally. Carsey School of Public Policy demographer Kenneth Johnson was quoted in this article from WMUR News 9.

America's baby bust continues on according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In this AP article, University of New Hampshire Carsey School of Public Policy demographer Kenneth Johnson estimates that 5.7 million babies weren't born in the last decade due to a decline in fertility rates fro