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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02/27/17 - Salon: Rural America broadens our economic, intellectual, cultural diversity: We can’t ignore its residentsCarsey School Senior Demographer Ken Johnson discusses how rural people and issues generally receive little attention from the urban-centric media and policy elites. Yet, rural... Read More -
02/25/17 - Newsweek: DEFINING MODERN RURAL AMERICA AND HOW IT SHAPES NATION'S FUTURECarsey School's Senior Demographer Ken Johnson discusses how rural people and issues generally receive little attention from the urban-centric media and policy elites. Yet, rural... Read More -
02/03/17 - The Huffington Post: What’s Driving Population Declines In More States?Americans are moving again in more rapid numbers after hunkering down during the recession. And people’s ability to move, as their personal finances or job outlooks have improved... Read More -
02/01/17 - NHPR: Research From UNH Shows Death by Drugs, Alcohol and Suicide Up NationwideResearch from the University of New Hampshire's Carsey School of Public Policy shows that deaths caused by drugs, alcohol and suicide nationwide rose by 52 percent from 2000 to... Read More -
01/23/17 - The New York Times: Peak Millennial? Cities Can’t Assume a Continued Boost From the YoungWhen city populations started swelling in the early and mid-2000s, it had less to do with the first of the millennials moving in than it did with lots of slightly older people not... Read More -
12/31/16 - My San Antonio: White births, migration explain why Texas remains a red stateDue, in part, to its aging population and net out-migration, there are more deaths than births among whites in California, but not in Texas. A recent study that I [Rogelio Saenz]... Read More -
12/20/16 - NHPR: As New England Ages, Immigrants Make Up A Growing Share Of Health WorkersReliance on immigrant labor for health care is only expected to increase, especially in New England, where there's a demographic storm brewing. The region is home to some of the ... Read More -
12/20/16 - Crain's Chicago Business: Illinois lost people in the last yearAccording to Kenneth Johnson, a demographer at the University of New Hampshire, the Illinois drop and that in many northern states is a sort of return to the norm, with domestic... Read More -
12/09/16 - The Washington Post: America’s destiny has never been so obviousWithin the next three decades, the Census Bureau estimates that minorities will outnumber whites in America. We already reached a number of milestones along the way: There are now... Read More -
12/03/16 - The Union Leader: UNH study: More whites are dying in NH than being bornNew Hampshire has joined the ranks of 17 other states experiencing a population shift known as white natural decrease, meaning more white people are dying than are being born in... Read More