Demography
U.S. Population Growth Shrinks to Lowest Level in 100 Years
According to Kenneth Johnson, senior demographer at the Carsey School, if the COVID-19 pandemic is as significant as some experts are saying, U.S. deaths could exceed births in the near future, something that has never happened before. Read MoreAlso in UNH Today...
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03/30/20Rural Americans Fear the Spread of the Pandemic
According to Kenneth Johnson, senior demographer at the Carsey School, things that were once weekly events in rural parts of American, such as... -
03/26/20Rural Communities Hurt by Social Distancing Practices
Kenneth Johnson, senior demographer at the Carsey School, says social distancing looks different in rural communities than it does in urban ones such... -
03/26/20U.S. Could Experience Its First Population Decline in History
Numbers released by the Census Bureau and analyzed by researchers at the Carsey School show that the United States could be heading towards its first... -
02/21/20Heavy Reliance on the Internet Could Cause Problems for the 2020 Census
For the first time in history, the U.S. Census will be relying heavily on internet responses to gather data. Research from the Carsey School shows...
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07/31/19 - U.S. Birth Rate Drops Two PercentA new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention identifies that birth rates are down more than half of what they were in 2007. Carsey School of Public Policy... Read More -
07/29/19 - Record Low U.S. Birth RateA new report from the CDC estimates that 3.788 million U.S. births occurred in 2018, marking the fourth year in a row in which the number of births has dropped nationally. Carsey... Read More -
07/25/19 - America's Baby BustUniversity of New Hampshire demographer Kenneth Johnson was recently quoted in a Los Angeles Times article on the shrinking U.S. birth rate, according to new research from the CDC... Read More -
07/23/19 - U.S. Birth Rate Hits Three-Decade LowAmerica's baby bust continues on according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In this AP article, University of New Hampshire Carsey School of Public... Read More -
07/17/19 - Coös County Youth StudyA recent study by the Carsey School of Public Policy examines the aspirations, choices and challenges of young New Hampshire residents growing up in rural, northern communities,... Read More -
04/19/19 - More Americans are moving, mostly to Sun Belt suburbs (The Hill)Ken Johnson features in The Hill Read More -
04/18/19 - Nonmetro Counties Gain Pop. For Second Straight Year (Daily Yonder)Ken Johnson featured in Daily Yonder. Read More -
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03/07/19 - Why Birthrates Among Hispanic Americans Have Plummeted (New York Times)The United States population grew by just 0.6 percent last year, the smallest increase in 80 years, according to Ken Johnson, a demographer at the University of New Hampshire. He... Read More -
03/02/19 - The rise and fall of the most European state in the Union (Washington Post)In the 1970s, University of New Hampshire demographer Kenneth Johnson said, “A dramatic and surprising shift occurred when more people moved to rural areas.” For the first time in... Read More