Demography
The Daily Yonder: Research Brief: Is Rural America Failing or Succeeding? Maybe Both
The Daily Yonder cited research from Carsey School of Public Policy researchers Ken Johnson and Dan Lichter that examines how the popular belief of the decline of rural America has more to do with our classification of metropolitan versus nonmetropolitan areas and less to do with rural America... Read MoreAlso in UNH Today...
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08/24/20Union Leader: Fierce competition for fewer homes up for sale in NH
The New Hampshire Union Leader recently cited research from Carsey School Senior Demographer Ken Johnson regarding the influx of boomerangers –... -
08/12/20NHPR: Black, Latino Workers Lost Jobs At Higher Rate, Researchers Say
New research from Rogelio Sáenz and Corey Sparks found that people of color and women have experienced higher unemployment than whites and men during... -
08/03/20Boston 25 News: Covid ‘baby bust’ Expected with Half a Million Fewer Births Next Year
Kenneth Johnson, senior demographer with the Carsey School, says birth rates had been drifting down for years and then went off a cliff during the... -
07/31/20Daily Mail: The Covid Baby Bust
Ken Johnson, senior demographer at the Carsey School, was recently interviewed by The Daily Mail regarding the diminishing U.S. birth rate. "Survey...
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01/10/19 - The Political, Economic, And Human Impact Of The Government Shutdown In N.H. (NHPR)Thousands of federal employees in the Granite State are furloughed, some working without pay. At the same time, certain government programs and private contracts aren't being... Read More -
01/10/19 - Fertility rate for white women plummets BELOW the limit needed to maintain the population in every single US state (Daily Mail)Fertility rates for white women were down in every US state in 2017 - below the rate needed for the population to replace itself, a new report from the Centers for Disease Control... Read More -
01/10/19 - Variety of demographic, political factors have moved NH toward Democrats (WMUR-9)Once upon a time, New Hampshire was a Republican bastion. The GOP dominated New Hampshire politics. The real political fights were not between Democrats and Republicans but rather... Read More -
01/10/19 - At 30-Year Low, U.S. Birth Rate Shows Striking Differences Between States (Wall Street Journal)The birthrate in America has been declining, but some places are more fertile than others, according to a new look at federal data that reveals significant variation in fertility... Read More -
01/02/19 - Moving in the right direction ... to New Hampshire (The Union Leader)People are moving on up ... to New Hampshire. Read More -
12/19/18 - Fewer Births, More Deaths Result in Lowest U.S. Growth Rate in Generations (New York Times)The population of the United States grew at its slowest pace in more than eight decades, the Census Bureau said Wednesday, as the number of deaths increased and the number of... Read More -
12/14/18 - Why Americans are opting out of parenthood (The Business Journal )“Every year I look at data and expect it will be the year that birthrates start to tick up, and every year we hit another all-time low. It’s one of the big demographic mysteries... Read More