Demography
Pine River Times: Poverty Rates Affect Census Reporting
According to a report published by the Carsey School, studies over the past 50 years have shown that higher poverty rates in rural areas are linked to U.S. Census undercounts. They have also shown that the undercount is greater among racial and ethnic minorities than among whites. Read MoreAlso in UNH Today...
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06/16/20NHPR: How to Conduct a Census During a Global Pandemic
Kenneth Johnson, professor of sociology and the senior demographer at the Carsey School, recently joined Ken Gallager, principle planner and... -
06/01/20Epoch Times: Worries Rise as Vacationers from Pandemic Hotspots Travel to Popular Areas
Research by Jessica Carson of the Carsey School of Public Policy on the spread of COVID-19 in rural counties with seasonal vacation homes was quoted... -
06/01/20Carnegie Corp: Andrew Carnegie Fellow on Rural America’s Vulnerability to COVID-19
Carsey School Senior Demographer and 2016 Andrew Carnegie Fellow Ken Johnson was recently interviewed for his research into the COVID-19 pandemic and... -
05/26/20Union-Bulletin: Rural Areas Expect Higher Death Rate
According to Kenneth Johnson, senior demographer at the Carsey School, an older population, greater incidence of obesity, and chronic health problems...
Recent Stories
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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 -
02/15/19 - The Town Where Retirees Can’t Retire (CityLab)When retirees move in, they bring their skills with them, says Kenneth Johnson, a demographer at UNH who studies migration trends. Read More -
02/15/19 - In Colorado, Some Rural Counties Struggle While Others Thrive (KUNC)Using census data starting in 1900 and running up to 2010, UNH demographer Ken Johnson and policy fellow Daniel Lichter tracked population sizes in counties across the U.S. Read More -
