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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02/22/21 - Concord Monitor: Pandemic baby bust taking hold in New HampshireIn December of 2020, nine months after New Hampshire's first stay-at-home order was announced, there were about 180 fewer births than the same period in 2019 and at least 100... Read More -
02/11/21 - Daily Mail: COVID Baby Boom Was a BustFive states report up to 81,000 fewer births since pandemic began and NYU Langone has seen 33% increase in egg freezing as record number of women put off having children. One of... Read More -
02/02/21 - Granite Geek: U.S. population growth was lowest in 100 years, and that was before COVID-19The Granite Geek recently interviewed Senior Demographer Ken Johnson regarding his research that found that a "diminished natural increase in population—when there are more births... Read More -
01/29/21 - NH Public Radio: UNH Study: For First Time, Rural Populations Declined Over Last DecadeA new study from Carsey School of Public Policy Senior Demographer Ken Johnson shows that U.S. population growth was at its lowest in the century last year, particularly in... Read More -
01/26/21 - The Daily Yonder: Last-Minute Trump Administration Proposal Would Effectively Redefine ‘Rural’The Trump administration submitted a proposal on January 19 to raise the minium population of cities that are considered Metropolitan Statistical Areas from 50,000 to 100,000. If... Read More -
01/22/21 - The Hill: What the 2020 census will reveal about America's futureSenior Demographer Ken Johnson was recently quoted in The Hill in an overview of what the 2020 Census will likely show us about the American population – that it's becoming older... Read More -
01/21/21 - The Center Square: New Hampshire population experiences 'moderate growth' through in-migrationThe Center Square reported on New Hampshire's modest population gains – largely through in-migration – for the third year in a row, according to U.S. Census Bureau population... Read More -
01/10/21 - NH Union Leader: Pandemic creating more places to relocateThe New Hampshire Union Leader reports on the increase in pandemic-driven relocations as people take advantage of greater flexibility in their work situations. According to Ken... Read More -
01/04/21 - Lowell Sun: Editorial – N.H.- Sun Belt appeal a drain on Mass., N.E. statesThe Lowell Sun recently wrote about U.S. Census Bureau data showing that New Hampshire is one of two (the other being Maine) states in New England experiencing population growth... Read More -
01/04/21 - AP News: New Hampshire again leads region in modest population gainsThe AP News cited research from Carsey School of Public Policy Senior Demographer Ken Johnson in which Johnson found, based on 2020 Census data, that Maine and New Hampshire were... Read More