Carsey School of Public Policy
UNH Research Shows Number of Childless Women in the U.S. Continues to Rise
Research from the University of New Hampshire reports that in 2024 there were 5.7 million more childless women of prime child-bearing age than expected given prior patterns — a significant jump from 2.1 million in 2016 and 4.7 million in 2022. This shift in fertility patterns has contributed to 11.... Read More
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09/15/25Building a Better Childcare System in New Hampshire
A Carsey School expert breaks down the complicated landscape of childcare in New Hampshire. -
05/22/25Immigrants 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... -
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...
Recent Stories
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01/24/18 - Registration Open for 2018 Undergraduate Research ConferenceRegistration is open for the 19th Annual Undergraduate Research Conference. Read More -
01/24/18 - The Union Leader: Racism discussion urges participants to understand their 'implicit biases'About 25 people turned out for a New Hampshire Listens workshop on racism at Community Church of Durham Wednesday evening. Those who attended represented a variety of backgrounds... Read More -
01/23/18 - CNN Money: Americans Aren't Worried About Losing Their JobsHowever, Rebecca Glauber's research comparing part-time and full-time workers shows it's not a completely positive picture. Read More -
01/23/18 - New Republic: Telling Rural People To Move Won't Solve Poverty“Just like there’s not one urban America, there’s not one rural America either,” explains Kenneth Johnson. Read More -
01/16/18 - Concord Monitor: Difficult Dialogue: When It Comes to Race, Social Media Can Complicate the ConversationThe co-directors of New Hampshire Listens, an interactive civics initiative at UNH, discuss recent incidents in Concord and Henniker. 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 -
01/10/18 - The Truth About MarijuanaKaren T. Van Gundy and Michael S. Staunton co-author book distinguishing fact from fiction. Read More -
01/07/18 - Casper Star Tribune: Defining 'small town' Wyoming: In the country's least populous state, what qualifies as rural?University of New Hampshire professor Ken Johnson, an expert on rural life in America, said that the definition of “rural” varies significantly depending on where one lives. “... Read More -
01/07/18 - The Concord Monitor: David Brooks: The significance – or non-significance – of New Hampshire’s first baby born in 2018“New Hampshire does have a modest minority population, but it is greatest among children . . . and particularly in the bigger cities,” said Ken Johnson of UNH’s Carsey School of... Read More -
01/02/18 - The Daily Yonder: Pockets of Rural America At Risk Of Being Undercounted In CensusRural communities with high levels of poverty and lack of access to internet could be undercounted in the 2020 U. S. Census, according to a report. Researchers at the Carsey... Read More