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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09/14/18 - WNYC-FM: BBC World ServiceCarsey School's Senior Demographer Ken Johnson reports ten years after the Great Recession began, U.S. birth rate is at record low. Read More -
09/14/18 - The Week: Financial Crash Anniversary: How the World Has ChangedProfessor Kenneth Johnson discusses the decline in births since the recession. Read More -
09/14/18 - NHPR: New Census Data Show Continued Domestic Migration To N.H.All Things Considered host Peter Biello speaks with Ken Johnson on new census data showing N.H. continues to gain population from domestic migration. Read More -
09/13/18 - The New Hampshire Business Review: State’s Population Growth All Depends on MigrationAs Kenneth Johnson puts it, “migration is the wild card, the big unknown” for New Hampshire’s population growth. Read More -
09/13/18 - BBC News: Lehman Anniversary: The Five Most Surprising ConsequencesKenneth Johnson explains how in the decade since the recession, American women had 4.8 million fewer babies than demographers were expecting. Read More -
08/15/18 - The Daily Yonder: Economic Research Service - Reliable Information's Last Stand?“For decades, the Economic Research Service has provided fact based, definitive research on agricultural, economic, demographic and social conditions in rural America. They have... Read More -
05/17/18 - The Wall Street Journal: U.S. Births Hit Lowest Number Since 1987American women are having children at the lowest rate on record. Read More -
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04/30/18 - Carnegie Reporter: Downright PrescientThey are neither pollsters nor television cable news panelists — and they did not predict Donald Trump’s victory — but demographer Kenneth Johnson and election law expert... Read More