Demography
What do NH Teens Want in a Presidential Candidate?
According to the Carsey School, 69,000 New Hampshire citizens turned 18 between 2016 and 2020, bringing a large number of new voters onto the scene. These new voters are looking for healthcare, consistancy, and, most of all, authenticity in their presidential candidates. Read MoreAlso in UNH Today...
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02/11/20New NH Voters Replace their Conservative Predecessors
Carsey School demographer Kenneth Johnson calculates that since the last election, about 195,000 of New Hampshires 1.1 million voters have departed... -
02/11/20New Voters Could Change the Outcome of the NH Primary
According to Kenneth Johnson, a senior demographer at the Carsey School, New Hampshires population has changed significantly since 2016. Almost 20%... -
02/11/20Changing Population Could Effect NH Primary
According to Kenneth Johnson, a senior demographer at the Carsey School, New Hampshire is one of the most mobile states in the country. From 2016 to... -
02/05/20NH Demographics Impacts Electorate
Research out of the Carsey School of Public Policy identifies New Hampshire as "richer, whiter and older than the rest of the country," according to...
Recent Stories
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03/22/18 - The Daily Yonder: Rural America Gains Population for First Time in Six YearRural American counties reversed a six-year trend of population decline in 2017, but the increase was slight and confined to the counties closest to metropolitan areas, according... Read More -
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03/13/18 - Wall Street Journal: Elderly in U.S. Are Projected to Outnumber Children for First TimeThe growing elderly population will also put pressure on lawmakers to shift funding toward programs such as Medicare and Social Security, particularly because elderly Americans... Read More -
03/07/18 - NHPR: From the Golden State to the Granite State: Why These Tattoo Artists Made N.H. HomeIt turns out this tattoo shop - with its mix of out-of-staters and different races - is in some ways representative of what’s happening demographically in New Hampshire. Between... Read More -
03/06/18 - Idaho Business Review: Idaho Census 2020 planning underwayRegions that fall into that category in Idaho include rural areas, as well as areas in and near Native American reservations, according to 2020 Census Faces Challenges in Rural... Read More -
02/28/18 - Archinect Magazine: New Ground II: Countryside 2030New Ground II, the second installment of Archinect’s two-part feature series on the contemporary countryside, is playfully set in rural California in the year 2030. Demographer... Read More -
02/14/18 - The New York Times: How a Police Chief, a Governor and a Sociologist Would Spend $100 Billion to Solve the Opioid CrisisThe American opioid epidemic has defied all efforts to contain it, and the number of overdose deaths continues to grow. President Trump directed the Department of Health and Human... Read More -
01/31/18 - Archinect Magazine: New Ground I: Advancing the CountrysideTo kick off 2018, in New Ground I, the first of a two-part feature series co-authored with Christine Bjerke from In-Between Economies, we will briefly explore a selection of major... Read More -
01/29/18 - NHPR: New Hampshire Population Boomlet: What's It Mean?Last year, New Hampshire saw its biggest population increase since before the Great Recession. Here to talk about what's behind that trend, is Ken Johnson, senior demographer with... Read More -
01/13/18 - The Clarion Ledger: Mississippi's rural black, Hispanic communities risk underrepresentation in 2020 censusAccording to a University of New Hampshire Carsey School of Public Policy report released in December, populations at risk of underreporting include: African-Americans in the... Read More