Demography
Immigrants fuel growth in major U.S. urban counties
In an Associated Press article about immigrants keeping the largest urban counties in the U. S. growing in 2024, the Carsey School's Senior Demographer Kenneth Johnson commented “A substantial excess of births over deaths has long been the primary driver of U.S. population growth, but as this... Read More
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05/22/25The trends behind the historically low U.S. birth rate
CBS News’ 60 Minutes Overtime interviewed the Carsey School’s Senior Demographer Kenneth Johnson to find out what’s happening with American women... -
05/21/25Are Americans Flocking to Low-Tax States?
In this Newsweek article, U.S. News Reporter Jordan King interviews experts to examine the reason Americans are moving to low-tax states. Kenneth... -
06/15/22The 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.... -
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...
Recent Stories
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01/02/19 - Moving in the right direction ... to New Hampshire (The Union Leader)People are moving on up ... to New Hampshire. Read More -
12/19/18 - Fewer Births, More Deaths Result in Lowest U.S. Growth Rate in Generations (New York Times)The population of the United States grew at its slowest pace in more than eight decades, the Census Bureau said Wednesday, as the number of deaths increased and the number of... Read More -
12/14/18 - Why Americans are opting out of parenthood (The Business Journal )“Every year I look at data and expect it will be the year that birthrates start to tick up, and every year we hit another all-time low. It’s one of the big demographic mysteries... Read More -
12/11/18 - Development Research ReleasedGreen space conversions to developed land are most common in areas where green space is already limited, new Carsey School research indicates. Read More -
12/10/18 - UNH Research Shows More 20-Somethings Moving to N.H. (Union Leader)From 2013 to 2017, the state posted a net gain of 1,200 20-somethings annually, according to a new report from UNH’s Carsey School of Public Policy. Read More -
12/08/18 - Carsey School Study: More Young Adults Moving to N.H. (WCAX)Report by Kenneth Johnson examines net gain of 1,200 young people per year between 2013 and 2017. Read More -
12/08/18 - Carsey Report Shows More Young Adults Moving to Granite State (The News Tribune)Carsey School report shows net gain of 1,200 young people per year between 2013 and 2017. Read More -
12/07/18 - UNH Report Shows Young Adults Moving to Granite State (The Telegraph)Ken Johnson says the big changes in migration patterns in the state came mostly in the last three years: 2015, 2016 and 2017. Read More -
12/06/18 - Carsey Study Shows More Young People Moving to N.H. (The Concord Monitor)A recent study by the Carsey School of Public Policy shows more young people are moving to the state than were leaving it during the 2008 recession. Read More -
12/06/18 - UNH Report Shows More Young Adults Moving to New Hampshire (The Granite Geek)Ken Johnson of the UNH Carsey School of Public Policy crunches census data to give a big-picture look at the population. Read More