UNH in the News
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...
Recent Stories
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05/20/22 - The Washington Post: A rural county in Iowa that supported Trump turns to Latinos to growIn this Washington Post article, Carsey demographer Ken Johnson observes, "The story of Greene County is the story of much of rural America, where falling birthrates, an aging... Read More -
05/01/22 - AP News: 100s of US urban areas will become rural with new criteriaIn this Associated Press article, Carsey School Senior Demographer Kenneth Johnson discusses the implications of the U.S. Census Bureau changing the definition of an urban area. Read More -
03/31/22 - The Hill: America's major metro areas are shrinkingNew data from the U.S. Census Bureau show 62 of America’s 100 largest counties lost population between July 2020 and July 2021 during peak pandemic. The Hill takes a look at this... Read More -
03/25/22 - Yahoo News-New Hampshire Union Leader: Time vs. money: Sweeping child care reform proposedNew Hampshire State Rep Patrick Abrami is sponsoring one of two key bills aimed at altering the state's formula for determining child support payments, which are currently the... Read More -
03/25/22 - The Hill: 3 out of 4 US counties had more deaths than births in past yearCOVID-19 claimed more lives than births over the past year, leaving 400 counties in America with their first-ever population declines. The Hill recently reported on the Census... Read More -
03/24/22 - The Washington Post: Most U.S. counties lost population last year as deaths outnumbered births, data showsThe Washington Post reports on new U.S. Census data showing that nearly three-quarters of all U.S. counties reported more deaths than births last year. The Post interviewed Senior... Read More -
03/24/22 - Los Angeles Times: L.A. and other big U.S. cities all lost residents in the pandemic's first yearThe Los Angeles Times reported on how the first year of the pandemic resulted in a migration surge to the American Southwest as many major U.S. cities lost residents. The LA Times... Read More -
03/02/22 - Finger Lakes 1: The Politicization of Climate ChangeClimate change has become a strong topic of discussion in recent decades, resulting in a divide of denial and science. News outlet Finger Lakes 1 reported on how politics and the... Read More -
02/25/22 - The Daily Yonder: Economic Pressures on Birth Rates and Migration Caused Rural Population LossAn overall decline in the number of people residing in rural U.S. counties, accompanied by more deaths and fewer births, can be explained by difficult economic conditions,... Read More -
02/24/22 - The Daily Yonder: Parts of Rural America Are Adding Adult Population and Diversity, Census ShowsData from the 2020 U.S. Census shows an increase in diversity among the adult population in rural counties. The Daily Yonder recently examined this change and included insight... Read More