COVID-19

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Domestic Migrants and Dollars Flowed to New Hampshire During the Pandemic
In this brief, authors Kenneth Johnson and Tyrus Parker report that New Hampshire had a net migration gain of 26,000 during the era of the Covid pandemic (from 2020 to 2022). This was a significant increase from the net migration gain of 17,000 in the three years…
COVID-19, Demography, New Hampshire Birth Rates, COVID-19, Demography, Migration, Mortality, New Hampshire
Latest Data Show All New England States Are Gaining Population
In this brief, Senior Demographer Kenneth Johnson reports that population gains were widespread in New England last year, according to new Census Bureau estimates.
COVID-19, Demography, New Hampshire COVID-19, Demography, Immigration, Migration, Mortality, New England, New Hampshire
Recent Demographic Trends Have Implications for Rural Health Care
In this brief, Senior Demographer Kenneth Johnson reports that nonmetropolitan (rural) America gained population between April of 2020 and July of 2022. In the preceding decade, rural areas lost population, both because more people left rural areas than moved to them…
COVID-19, Demography Birth Rates, COVID-19, Demography, Migration, Mortality, Rural, Urban
More Coffins than Cradles in 2,300 U.S. Counties: COVID’s Grim Impact
In this brief, Carsey Senior Demographer Kenneth Johnson reports that COVID’s impact is reflected in the sharp rise in U.S. deaths, reaching 3,434,000 between July 2020 and July 2021. This is a record high and 20 percent more than two years ago before the COVID…
COVID-19, Demography Birth Rates, COVID-19, Demography, Mortality
COVID-19 Economic Crisis: By State
This report provides an update on state by state the pandemic employment situation through September 2021. Every state is on the economic mend from 2020’s pandemic-induced collapse in employment, but the recovery has been uneven with some states returning to pre-…
COVID-19 COVID-19, Economy, Employment, Unemployment
Inequities in Job Recovery During the COVID-19 Pandemic
This policy brief provides an update on the employment trends that took place between February 2020 and June 2021.
COVID-19 African Americans, COVID-19, Education, Employment, Hispanics, Inequality, Race, Unemployment
Home Isn’t Where the Office Is
In this perspectives brief, authors John Jones and Jordan Hensley report the results of a survey that asked participants their perspectives on working from home and the impact that the death of the office could have on Black professionals’ opportunities.
COVID-19 African Americans, COVID-19, Employment, Race
Archived: COVID-19 Economic Crisis by State – Through July 2021
Archived report through July 2021: With the strongest national job growth yet in 2021 and 38 states seeing statistically significant employment increases, July continued recent encouraging trends for the country’s economic trajectory. Despite this, all but two states…
COVID-19 COVID-19, Economy, Employment, Unemployment
May Unemployment Data Do Not Indicate Benefits Are Keeping Workers Home
There has been substantial debate over whether higher levels of unemployment benefits have been keeping workers at home. The April and May state-level unemployment data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics offer one piece of evidence that workers are not (illegally)…
COVID-19 COVID-19, Employment, Wages
April Unemployment Data Do Not Indicate Benefits Are Keeping Workers Home
The employment data for April 2021 have elevated the question of whether the availability of unemployment benefits at higher levels during the COVID-19 economic crisis is keeping workers at home. Today’s state-by-state data release from the Bureau of Labor Statistics…
COVID-19 COVID-19, Employment, Wages