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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08/01/16 - The New York Magazine: Moving Gives You a More Memorable LifeYour memories of events that happen just before and just after a move seem to stand out as feeling especially vivid, argue a trio of researchers from the University of New... Read More -
07/20/16 - NHPR: Research Finds Many Eligible For Federal WIC Nutrition Benefits Don't EnrollResearchers at the University of New Hampshire have found more than half of families eligible for a federal nutrition program are not enrolled. But the study from UNH's Carsey... Read More -
07/20/16 - The Miami Agent Magazine: Florida may soon be the land of the oldIn a conversation with the Journal, University of New Hampshire senior demographer Kenneth Johnson explained Florida’s exceptionally aged population as a result of strong... Read More -
07/03/16 - The Orange County Register: The meaning of the baby bustWith a stronger economy and a growing number of women of child-bearing age, Americans should be producing offspring at a healthy clip. But the most recent data suggest that this... Read More -
07/01/16 - The Fosters Daily Democrat: UNH research finds Great Recession changed U.S. migration patternsKen Johnson, a demographer and professor of sociology at the University of New Hampshire, and colleagues from the University of Wisconsin, found: As the economic situation... Read More -
06/26/16 - The Concord Monitor: Editorial: State must reinvigorate populationMuch valuable research is ongoing at the New Hampshire Center for Public Policy Studies and at the Carsey School of Public Policy at UNH – that work caught the attention of Rep.... Read More -
06/23/16 - The International Business Times: When Will Minorities Become The Majority In The US? It’s Already Happening In Counties Across The NationKenneth Johnson, senior demographic researcher at the University of New Hampshire’s Carsey School of Public Policy, said last year, “If you ask people why is America more diverse... Read More -
06/11/16 - The Daily Mail: Fertility rates in 2015 plummet to lowest in recorded history as study shows 3.4million 'baby deficit' since the recessionKenneth M. Johnson, a senior demographer at the Carsey School of Public Policy, who penned the study, asked: 'A critical question right now is: have women just delayed births... Read More -
06/10/16 - The Washington Examiner: Baby Bust: 2015 had lowest U.S. fertility rate ever, down 600,000 birthsSenior Demographer at The Carsey School of Public Policy Ken Johnson explains that since the onset of the Great Recession, there have been 3.4 million fewer births in the U.S.... Read More -
05/19/16 - The Crain's Chicago Business: Bye, bye, Chicago. City, metro area now losing population.Kenneth Johnson, a former Chicagoan who is senior demographer at the University of New Hampshire's Carsey School of Public Policy, discusses how Chicago may in some ways be... Read More