Demography
| Publication | Category | Topic |
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| Rural America Growing Again Due to Migration Gains For the first six years of this decade, rural America experienced overall population loss for the first time in history. New Census Bureau estimates suggest that last year overall growth accelerated in nonmetropolitan America where 46.1 million people reside.
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Demography | Demography |
| Data Snapshot: Hispanic Population of Child-Bearing Age Grows, but Births Diminish The U.S. population grew by just 0.62 percent last year, the smallest rate of increase in eighty years. Future growth now depends on minority population gains, because the white population is no longer growing.
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Demography | Birth Rates, Demography, Hispanics |
| Rural Depopulation in a Rapidly Urbanizing America This brief examines demographic trends in rural America, a region often overlooked in a nation dominated by urban interests. Yet, 46 million people live in rural areas that encompass 72 percent of the land area of the United States. “Rural America” is a simple term… |
Demography | Community, Demography, Rural, Urban |
| Half of Women in New Hampshire Have Experienced Sexual Harassment at Work Sexual harassment in the workplace is a serious problem affecting workers across the United States and in New Hampshire. Nationwide, approximately four in ten women and more than one in ten men have been victims of workplace sexual harassment in their lifetimes.… |
New Hampshire, Vulnerable Families Research Program | Demography, Employment, Gender, New Hampshire, Women |
| Data Snapshot: “Trump Towns” Swung Democratic in New Hampshire Midterms New Hampshire municipalities with fewer college-educated residents, which generally offered strong support for Donald Trump two years ago, swung toward the opposing party in the 2018 midterms.
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Demography, New Hampshire | Civic Attitudes, Demography, New Hampshire, Politics and Elections, Public Opinion |
| Data Snapshot: U.S. Population Growth Continues to Slow Due to Fewer Births and More Deaths The U.S. population grew by just 2,020,000 or 0.62 percent between July 2017 and July 2018 according to recent Census Bureau estimates. This is the lowest population growth rate since 1937.
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Demography | Birth Rates, Demography |
| Population, Greenspace, and Development An ongoing concern in both urban and rural America is the tradeoff between residential and commercial development and the conservation of forestland, shrublands, and grasslands, commonly referred to as greenspace. As communities develop, adding schools, housing,… |
Community, Environment, and Climate Change, Demography | Community Development, Demography, Environment |
| More Young Adult Migrants Moving to New Hampshire from Other U.S. Locations New Hampshire received a significant net inflow of people from other U.S. states between 2013 and 2017 according to new Census Bureau estimates. The average annual domestic migration gain was 5,900 between 2013 and 2017
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Demography, New Hampshire | Demography, New Hampshire, Young Adults |
| Data Snapshot: Ten Years After the Great Recession Began, U.S. Birth Rate Is at Record Low Recent National Center for Health Statistics data show a record low birth rate in the United States, and no evidence of any upturn in this birth rate. Though other social and economic factors may also be influencing U.S. birth rates, the impact of the Great Recession… |
Demography | Birth Rates, Demography |
| 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 |
