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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12/27/17 - The Concord Monitor: Domestic migration fuels New Hampshire population growthNew Hampshire tends to receive talented, well-educated people in its migration stream, said Ken Johnson, senior demographer at the University of New Hampshire’s Carsey School, so... Read More -
12/27/17 - The Los Angeles Times: Americans' declining economic mobility is reflected yet again in fewer moves into new houses and apartmentsKenneth Johnson, a senior demographer at the University of New Hampshire’s Carsey School, estimates that the Great Recession resulted in 4 million fewer births than what otherwise... Read More -
12/21/17 - The Huffington Post: Census Funding Cuts Might Cost Rural America BillionsCensus officials have long had difficulty in counting Americans in rural areas, but the challenge could be exacerbated in 2020 by a new focus on getting Americans to respond to... Read More -
12/21/17 - The Journal Sentinel: Lower birth rates among Millennials following the recession is one reason school enrollments are dropping in the Milwaukee suburbs.Kenneth Johnson, professor of sociology and senior demographer at the University of New Hampshire, has devoted a lot of his time to researching fertility trends over the period... Read More -
12/18/17 - Hard-to-Count Populations May Increase 2020 Census Challenges in Rural AmericaCarsey School of Public Policy University of New Hampshire (603) 862-4650; carsey.communications@unh.edu @carseyschool Dec. 18, 2017 DURHAM, N.H. – As the Census Bureau prepares... Read More -
11/06/17 - The Daily Yonder: Foreign-Born Residents Account For Most Rural Population Growth“Counties are not losing population randomly,” said Ken Johnson, senior demographer, University of New Hampshire Carsey School of Public Policy. “The people who leave rural... Read More -
09/29/17 - The Wisconsin State Journal: Declining birth rate in Wisconsin, U.S. could be good or badNationally, the rate dipped to 62.0 last year, a record low, with 3.9 million births. There were 4.1 million fewer babies born from 2008 to 2016 than expected based on previous... Read More -
07/29/17 - U.S. News: North Carolina Town 'Forgotten' as Residents, Jobs Fall AwayA lack of decent cellphone reception and internet service can deter businesses from moving to these areas, said Ken Johnson, a demographer at the Carsey School of Public Policy... Read More -
07/17/17 - The Concord Monitor: The ‘baby bust’ is going to produce a lot of big problems. Let’s hope it continues"That transitional period will be very Difficukt for any society," said Ken Johnson, a dfemographer with the University of New Hampshire who is the state's go-to-guy for analysis... Read More -
07/16/17 - My Dayton Daily News: We’re having fewer babies and employers, schools will feel itThere is a dearth of births in the United States and if the trend continues it could further aggravate existing problems employers are having finding workers. In fact, an... Read More