Birth Rates
| Publication | Category | Topic |
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| Diversity Growing Because Births Far Exceed Deaths Among Minorities, But Not Among Whites The growing diversity of the U.S. population evident in new Census Bureau estimates reflects two important demographic trends. The minority population is growing and the non-Hispanic white population is not. This interplay of white and minority population change is… |
Demography | Birth Rates, Demography, Mortality |
| Migration Trends Shifted in 2014 In this fact sheet, author Ken Johnson reports on new Census Bureau data released on March 26, 2015. The data provide further evidence that the recession’s influence on domestic migration is diminishing. Migration patterns are reverting to those commonly seen before… |
Demography | Birth Rates, Demography, Migration |
| New Population Projections Reflect Slower Growth and Increasing Diversity Two important demographic trends are reflected in newly released Census Bureau projections. The pace of U.S. population growth is slowing, and the population continues to become more diverse. These trends reflect distinctly different demographic trajectories among… |
Demography | Birth Rates, Children, Demography, Hispanics |
| The Hidden Cost of the Recession: Two Million Fewer Births and Still Counting The Great Recession sent an economic shock through American society that reached far beyond the stock and housing markets, including the substantial long-term impact the Great Recession is having on U.S. births. Nearly 2.3 million fewer babies were born in the United… |
Demography | Birth Rates, Demography |
| The Increasing Diversity of America's Youth This brief documents how unfolding demographic forces have placed today’s children and youth at the forefront of America’s new racial and ethnic diversity. Authors Kenneth M. Johnson, Andrew Schaefer, Daniel T. Lichter, and Luke T.
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Demography | Birth Rates, Children, Demography, Hispanics |
| Deaths Exceed Births in Record Number of U.S. Counties In this fact sheet, author Kenneth Johnson examines new data released by the Census Bureau which provide insights into the continuing influence of the Great Recession on U.S. demographic trends. He reports that, for the first time in U.S. history, deaths exceeded… |
Demography | Birth Rates, Demography, Mortality, Seniors |
| Natural Decrease in America: More Coffins than Cradles This brief summarizes recent regional patterns of natural decrease in the United States. Natural decrease occurs when more deaths than births occur in an area in a given year. The growing incidence of natural decrease has gone largely unnoticed, yet natural decrease… |
Demography | Birth Rates, Demography, Mortality |
| 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 |
| 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 |
