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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05/19/16 - USA Today: Census shows big U.S. cities continue to growThere are exceptions to the trend in US city growth, for example Cook County, which contains Chicago and the older suburbs, lost about 10,500 people in 2014-2015. Kenneth Johnson... Read More -
05/10/16 - The Quartz: Americans have stopped having babiesUniversity of New Hampshire demographer Kenneth Johnson says the recession resulted in 2.3 million fewer babies over five years. He says a similar thing happened during the Great... Read More -
05/10/16 - Time: Americans Hit Pause on Baby-Making and It's Going to Hurt the EconomyAccording to Kenneth Johnson, senior demographer at the University of New Hampshire, the lower rates translate to about 3.4 million fewer births between 2008 and 2015. This... Read More -
05/02/16 - The Union Leader: Economist: Inadequate workforce will challenge Granite State's economyCarsey School's senior demographer Ken Johsnon discusses how the migration from Massachusetts and other states that fueled impressive population growth and economic development in... Read More -
04/28/16 - The Economist: The strange case of the missing babyKen Johnson, senior demographer at the University of New Hampshire, estimated that America was missing 2.3m babies afterthe fertility rate fell from a peak of 2.12 in 2007 to 1.86... Read More -
04/28/16 - The Daily Yonder: Nonmetro Population Stabilizes in Latest EstimateKen Johnson, senior demographer at the University of New Hampshire Carsey School of Public Policy, said a major part of rural America’s “slow” growth is that some of rural America... Read More -
02/09/16 - The Los Angeles Times: In New Hampshire, candidates tread through old towns and new political turfKenneth M. Johnson, senior demographer at the Carsey School of Public Policy at the University of New Hampshire, Dante Scala, a University of New Hampshire political scientist,... Read More -
02/08/16 - The Vermont Public Radio: Newcomers And Economics Change New Hampshire's Political GeographyAccording to a recent study by the University of New Hampshire’s Carsey School of Public Policy, the state has one of the most mobile populations in the nation. Fewer than half... Read More -
02/05/16 - The Knowridge Science Report: White deaths exceeded births in one-third of statesMore whites died than were born in a record high 17 states in 2014 compared to just four in 2004, according to new research from the Carsey School of Public Policy at the... Read More -
02/01/16 - The Boston Globe: Early-voting states are white, old, and ruralKenneth M. Johnson, senior demographer at the Carsey School of Public Policy at the University of New Hampshire, took a slightly different view, as he defended his state’s first-... Read More