Demography
| Publication | Category | Topic |
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| Enduring Ties to Community and Nature: Charting an Alternative Future for Southeast Alaska Like much of rural America, Southeast Alaska is confronting the social implications of both population declines and the downturn in natural resource-based industries. Although many residents have chosen to leave Alaska in the last decade, the majority have stayed.… |
Community, Environment, and Climate Change, Demography | Community, Demography, Environment |
| How Yoopers See the Future of their Communities: Why Residents Leave or Stay in Michigan's Upper Peninsula According to a Community and Environment in Rural America survey, Michigan's Upper Peninsula residents, often called "Yoopers," said that ties to community and the area's natural beauty were significant factors for those who planned on staying in… |
Demography | Community, Demography, Environment, Public Opinion, Rural |
| The Changing Faces of America's Children and Youth The U.S. Census Bureau estimates indicate that between July 2008 and July 2009, 48.6 percent of the 4 million children born in the United States were minorities. In contrast, nearly 60 percent of the children born ten years ago were non-Hispanic white. This rapid… |
Demography, Vulnerable Families Research Program | Birth Rates, Children, Demography, Young Adults |
| New Hampshire Demographic Trends Reflect Impact of the Economic Recession Between July 2008 and July 2009, more people left New Hampshire than moved to it, reversing a trend of domestic migration that had fueled the state's population growth over the past decade, according to U.S. Census Bureau data in released March 2010. This fact… |
Demography, New Hampshire | Demography, Migration, New Hampshire |
| Rural Areas Risk Being Overlooked in 2010 Census This issue brief describes how the census is conducted in rural areas, identifies some of the most difficult rural areas to count, and highlights what organizations are doing to ensure a more accurate census count in rural America. It also points out that… |
Demography | Demography, Rural |
| Demographic Trends in the Manchester-Nashua Metropolitan Area In the city of Manchester, New Hampshire, 25 percent of children live below the poverty line, a high rate that is in stark contrast to the state's rate of just 10 percent, one of the nation's lowest. That is the most surprising finding from this new… |
Demography, New Hampshire | Birth Rates, Demography, Migration, New Hampshire, Poverty |
| With Less Migration, Natural Increase is Now More Important to State Growth According to Johnson's analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data, the nation continues to experience reduced levels of domestic migration (movement from one state to another) as a result of the economic recession, and natural increases (births versus deaths) are an… |
Demography | Birth Rates, Demography, Migration, Mortality |
| Rural Children Are More Likely to Live in Cohabiting-Couple Households As cohabiting increases nationwide, new data show that the growing rate of children in these households is most pronounced in rural areas. This brief analyzes recent U.S. Census Bureau data to explore these trends and patterns.
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Demography, Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Demography, Housing, Rural, Young Adults |
| A Profile of New Hampshire's Foreign-Born Population At the turn of the 20th century, New Hampshire had over 88,000 foreign-born persons, over 15,000 more than it has today. In 1900, the state's concentration of foreign born (21 percent) was higher than the national average percentage and more than three times the… |
Demography, New Hampshire | Demography, Immigration, New Hampshire |
| Population Growth in New Hispanic Destinations Natural increase—more births than deaths—is now the major engine of Hispanic population growth in many large metro areas and their suburbs, as well as numerous smaller metropolitan areas and rural communities. Hispanics now account for half of U.S. population growth… |
Demography | Birth Rates, Demography, Hispanics, Mortality, Race, Rural, Urban |
