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...
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05/11/18 - Carnegie Reporter: Downright Prescient -
04/30/18 - Carnegie Reporter: Downright PrescientThey are neither pollsters nor television cable news panelists — and they did not predict Donald Trump’s victory — but demographer Kenneth Johnson and election law expert... Read More -
03/28/18 - U.S. News: America Is on the Move Again - And This Is Where They're GoingWhat's affecting all of those categories now, population analysts say, is the end of the Great Recession. Young people, burdened with student debt and unable to find jobs tended... Read More -
03/27/18 - UNH Research Finds Economic and Family Distress Leads to More Drug OverdosesCounties with the highest levels of economic distress experienced an average of nearly 7.9 more drug-related deaths per 100,000 persons than counties with the lowest level, a... Read More -
03/22/18 - The Daily Yonder: Rural America Gains Population for First Time in Six YearRural American counties reversed a six-year trend of population decline in 2017, but the increase was slight and confined to the counties closest to metropolitan areas, according... Read More -
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03/13/18 - Wall Street Journal: Elderly in U.S. Are Projected to Outnumber Children for First TimeThe growing elderly population will also put pressure on lawmakers to shift funding toward programs such as Medicare and Social Security, particularly because elderly Americans... Read More -
03/07/18 - NHPR: From the Golden State to the Granite State: Why These Tattoo Artists Made N.H. HomeIt turns out this tattoo shop - with its mix of out-of-staters and different races - is in some ways representative of what’s happening demographically in New Hampshire. Between... Read More -
03/06/18 - Idaho Business Review: Idaho Census 2020 planning underwayRegions that fall into that category in Idaho include rural areas, as well as areas in and near Native American reservations, according to 2020 Census Faces Challenges in Rural... Read More -
02/28/18 - Archinect Magazine: New Ground II: Countryside 2030New Ground II, the second installment of Archinect’s two-part feature series on the contemporary countryside, is playfully set in rural California in the year 2030. Demographer... Read More