Demography
Pine River Times: Poverty Rates Affect Census Reporting
According to a report published by the Carsey School, studies over the past 50 years have shown that higher poverty rates in rural areas are linked to U.S. Census undercounts. They have also shown that the undercount is greater among racial and ethnic minorities than among whites. Read MoreAlso in UNH Today...
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06/16/20NHPR: How to Conduct a Census During a Global Pandemic
Kenneth Johnson, professor of sociology and the senior demographer at the Carsey School, recently joined Ken Gallager, principle planner and... -
06/01/20Epoch Times: Worries Rise as Vacationers from Pandemic Hotspots Travel to Popular Areas
Research by Jessica Carson of the Carsey School of Public Policy on the spread of COVID-19 in rural counties with seasonal vacation homes was quoted... -
06/01/20Carnegie Corp: Andrew Carnegie Fellow on Rural America’s Vulnerability to COVID-19
Carsey School Senior Demographer and 2016 Andrew Carnegie Fellow Ken Johnson was recently interviewed for his research into the COVID-19 pandemic and... -
05/26/20Union-Bulletin: Rural Areas Expect Higher Death Rate
According to Kenneth Johnson, senior demographer at the Carsey School, an older population, greater incidence of obesity, and chronic health problems...
Recent Stories
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04/08/20 - Rural Mass. Worries About Capacity to Handle COVID-19Kenneth Johnson, a senior demographer at the Carsey School, says that rural people tend to be more interconnected with their neighbors. Massachusetts Senator Eric Lesser believes... Read More -
04/08/20 - A Baby Boom Due to Coronavirus Will Not HappenAccording to Kenneth Johnson, senior demographer at the Carsey School, a "baby boom" during the coronavirus pandemic is extremely unlikely. "There's no way that the number of... Read More -
03/31/20 - U.S. Population Growth Shrinks to Lowest Level in 100 YearsAccording to Kenneth Johnson, senior demographer at the Carsey School, if the COVID-19 pandemic is as significant as some experts are saying, U.S. deaths could exceed births in... Read More -
03/30/20 - Rural Americans Fear the Spread of the PandemicAccording to Kenneth Johnson, senior demographer at the Carsey School, things that were once weekly events in rural parts of American, such as cookouts and bingo nights, are ... Read More -
03/26/20 - Rural Communities Hurt by Social Distancing PracticesKenneth Johnson, senior demographer at the Carsey School, says social distancing looks different in rural communities than it does in urban ones such as New York City. He states... Read More -
03/26/20 - U.S. Could Experience Its First Population Decline in HistoryNumbers released by the Census Bureau and analyzed by researchers at the Carsey School show that the United States could be heading towards its first annual population decline in... Read More -
02/21/20 - Heavy Reliance on the Internet Could Cause Problems for the 2020 CensusFor the first time in history, the U.S. Census will be relying heavily on internet responses to gather data. Research from the Carsey School shows that this heavy reliance may... Read More -
02/13/20 - What do NH Teens Want in a Presidential Candidate?According to the Carsey School, 69,000 New Hampshire citizens turned 18 between 2016 and 2020, bringing a large number of new voters onto the scene. These new voters are looking... Read More -
02/11/20 - New NH Voters Replace their Conservative PredecessorsCarsey School demographer Kenneth Johnson calculates that since the last election, about 195,000 of New Hampshires 1.1 million voters have departed from the state. They have been... Read More -
02/11/20 - New Voters Could Change the Outcome of the NH PrimaryAccording to Kenneth Johnson, a senior demographer at the Carsey School, New Hampshires population has changed significantly since 2016. Almost 20% of 2020 primary voters did not... Read More