Demography
| Publication | Category | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Drug Overdose Rates Are Highest in Places With the Most Economic and Family Distress The U.S. drug overdose problem has reached epidemic levels, prompting President Trump to declare a public health emergency. Since 2000, 786,781 people in the United States have died from drug overdoses and other drug-related causes, with nearly 40 percent of those… |
Demography | Drugs, Family, Mortality, Substance Abuse |
| Domestic Migration and Fewer Births Reshaping America New Census Bureau data released on March 22, 2018, demonstrate the continuing influence of domestic migration on U.S. demographic trends. Migration patterns are reverting to those common before the recession. Suburban counties of large metropolitan areas, smaller… |
Demography | Birth Rates, Demography, Migration |
| Data Snapshot: Migration Fuels Largest New Hampshire Population Gain in a Decade The population of New Hampshire grew by 7,800 between July of 2016 and July of 2017 to 1,343,000 according to new Census Bureau estimates. This is the largest population gain for the state since 2005 and 60 percent greater than last year, though it remains modest… |
Demography | Demography, Migration, New Hampshire |
| 2020 Census Faces Challenges in Rural America The 2020 Census will have ramifications for every person in the United States, urban and rural residents alike.1 Interest in the Census is growing2 and the Census Bureau’s plans are becoming more concrete,3 but little has been written about the special challenges… |
Demography, Vulnerable Families Research Program | Demography, Rural, Urban |
| Data Snapshot: 2.1 Million More Childless U.S. Women Than Anticipated In 2016, there were 2.1 million more childless women of prime child-bearing age than anticipated. The 19.5 million women age 20–39 in 2016 who had never given birth was 12 percent more than demographers would have expected given child-bearing patterns just before the… |
Demography | Birth Rates, Demography |
| Carsey Perspectives: Children in United States, Both White and Black, Are Growing Up in Dramatically Smaller Families African American children are growing up in dramatically smaller families than they were 50 years ago.1 At a postwar peak in 1960, the average black child was one of 6.53 siblings, but today he or she is one of 3.18 (see Box 1). This measure has also dropped, but… |
Demography, Vulnerable Families Research Program | African Americans, Demography |
| A Demographic and Economic Profile of Duluth, Minnesota, and Superior, Wisconsin In this brief, we present a demographic and economic profile of Duluth, MN, and Superior, WI, with a specific focus on families with children. The cities, situated at the western point of Lake Superior (see Figure 1), share a rich economic history as major ports for… |
Demography, Vulnerable Families Research Program | Demography, Economic Development, Poverty |
| Data Snapshot: New Data Show U.S. Birth Rate Hits Record Low New data from the National Center for Health Statistics show a record low birth rate in the United States. In 2016, I estimate there were 600,000 fewer births in the United States than would have been expected had pre-recessionary birth rates continued. And, there is… |
Demography | Birth Rates, Demography |
| Beyond Urban Versus Rural In the aftermath of the 2016 presidential election, commentators focused on the political polarization separating residents of urban and rural America. Certainly rural–urban differences are only one of several factors that contributed to the surprising 2016 outcome,… |
Demography | Demography, Politics and Elections, Rural, Urban |
| Moving to Diversity America is growing more racially and ethnically diverse,1 yet some parts of the country are far more diverse than others. Migration—the flow of people from one place to another2—influences local diversity by continually redistributing the population3 and altering the… |
Demography | Demography, Hispanics, Migration, Race |
