Demography
| Publication | Category | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Immigration to Manchester, New Hampshire This brief analyzes immigration and refugee resettlement in Manchester and the effects on the city’s demographic composition, as well as the implications for its future. Authors Sally Ward, Justin Young, and Curt Grimm report that Manchester, New Hampshire, like the… |
Demography, New Hampshire | Community, Demography, Immigration, New Hampshire |
| 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.
|
Demography | Birth Rates, Children, Demography, Hispanics |
| Age and Lifecycle Patterns Driving U.S. Migration Shifts Migration—people moving between locations—is now driving much of the demographic change occurring in the United States. In this brief, authors Kenneth Johnson, Richelle Winkler, and Luke Rogers share new research on age-related migration patterns to provide a fuller… |
Demography | Demography, Migration, Young Adults |
| 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 |
| New Hampshire Demographic Trends in the Twenty-First Century This brief summarizes current population redistribution trends in the Granite State and shows how fertility, mortality, and migration contributed to these trends. According to the 2010 census, New Hampshire gained 80,700 residents (a 6.5 percent increase) between… |
Demography, New Hampshire | Demography, Fertility, Migration, New Hampshire |
| Demographic Change in the Northern Forest This brief examines the population redistribution in the Northern Forest, which includes thirty-four counties scattered across northern and central Maine, New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont.
|
Community, Environment, and Climate Change, Demography | Demography, New England |
| Rural Demographic Change in the New Century: Slower Growth, Increased Diversity This brief examines rural demographic trends in the first decade of the twenty-first century using newly available data from the 2010 Census. The rural population grew by just 2.2 million between 2000 and 2010—a gain barely half as great as that during the 1990s.… |
Demography, Vulnerable Families Research Program | Demography, Rural |
| 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 |
| 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 |
