Birth Rates
| Publication | Category | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Smallest U.S. Population Growth in History: More Deaths, Fewer Births, and Less Immigration In this brief, author Kenneth Johnson reports that the U.S. population grew by just 393,000 between July of 2020 and July of 2021 according to new Census Bureau estimates—the lowest rate of annual population gain in history and the smallest numeric gain in more than… |
Demography | Birth Rates, COVID-19, Demography, Migration, Mortality |
| 7.6 Million Fewer Births and Still Counting In this data snapshot, author Kenneth Johnson reports that new data for 2020 show a 3.8 percent decline in births since 2019 and the fewest since 1979. There were 16.5 percent fewer births last year than in 2007, just before the Great Recession began to influence… |
Demography | Birth Rates, Demography, Fertility, Women |
| Deaths Exceeded Births in a Record Number of States in 2020 In this data snapshot, author Kenneth Johnson reports that many more deaths, fewer births, and less immigration produced the United States’ smallest percentage population gain in at least 100 years.
|
Demography | Birth Rates, Demography, Mortality |
| 2020 Census Reflects Lagging U.S. Population Growth In this brief, author Kenneth Johnson reports that the first data from the 2020 Census reveal a significant slowdown in U.S. population growth.
|
Demography | Birth Rates, COVID-19, Demography, Fertility, Migration, Mortality |
| Why People Move to and Stay in New Hampshire Migration is important to New Hampshire’s demographic future. Traditionally, the state has grown both because of migration into it and because of the surplus of births over deaths. However, recently all of New Hampshire’s population growth has been due to migration.… |
Demography, New Hampshire | Birth Rates, Demography, Migration, New Hampshire, Public Opinion |
| U.S. Population Growth Slows, but Diversity Grows In this brief, author Kenneth Johnson reports that in 2019 the U.S. population grew at the lowest rate in a century because there were fewer births, more deaths, and less immigration. Fertility rates diminished regardless of race or Hispanic origin and immigration… |
COVID-19, Demography | Birth Rates, COVID-19, Demography, Hispanics, Immigration, Mortality |
| U.S. Fertility Rates and Births Continue to Diminish National Center for Health Statistics data for 2019 show the lowest fertility rates on record and just 3,746,000 births—the fewest since 1985.
|
COVID-19, Demography | Birth Rates, COVID-19, Demography, Fertility, Women |
| Deaths Exceeded Births in Nearly Half of U.S. Counties Last Year In this data snapshot, author Kenneth Johnson reports that even before the onset of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, deaths were at a record high in the United States last year, but there were the fewest births since 1986, according to new Census Bureau estimates.
|
COVID-19, Demography | Birth Rates, COVID-19, Demography, Mortality, Seniors |
| New Hampshire Population Grew Last Year, Even Though Deaths Exceeded Births In this data snapshot, author Kenneth Johnson reports the population of New Hampshire grew by 6,200 to 1,360,000 between July of 2018 and July of 2019 according to new Census Bureau estimates. The state’s population increased even though there were fewer births than… |
Demography, New Hampshire | Birth Rates, Demography, Migration, Mortality, New Hampshire |
| New Hampshire Demographic Trends in an Era of Economic Turbulence In this brief, author Kenneth Johnson reports that New Hampshire gained 40,000 residents (a 3 percent increase) between 2010 and 2018, and the population reached 1,356,458 on July 1, 2018, according to the Census Bureau.
|
Demography, New Hampshire | Birth Rates, Demography, Migration, New Hampshire |
