Fertility
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| Factors Contributing to the Demographic Cliff: More U.S. Women of Childbearing Age, but Fewer Have Given Birth In this brief, author Kenneth Johnson reports that in 2024 there were 5.7 million more childless women of prime child-bearing age than would have been expected given fertility patterns prior to the Great Recession.
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Demography | Birth Rates, Demography, Family, Fertility, Women |
| U.S. Births Up Slightly but Remain Near 40-Year Lows In this brief, author Kenneth Johnson reports that New National Center for Health Statistics data for 2024 show a slight increase in annual births and the birth rate from 2023.
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Demography | Birth Rates, Demography, Fertility, Women |
| Modest Population Gains Widespread in New Hampshire Counties In this brief, author Kenneth Johnson reports that New Hampshire’s population reached 1,409,032 on July 1, 2024, an increase of 6,800 since July 2023, according to new Census Bureau estimates.
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Birth Rates, Demography, Fertility, Migration, Mortality, New Hampshire | |
| Covid Mortality Diminished but Low Fertility Means Deaths Still Exceeded Births in More Than Two-Thirds of U.S. Counties In this brief, author Kenneth Johnson reports that only 3,606,000 babies were born in the United States between July 2023 and July 2024, according to new Census Bureau estimates. This is 43,000 fewer babies than the year before, which barely exceeds the 43-year low… |
Demography | Birth Rates, COVID-19, Demography, Fertility, Immigration, Mortality |
| U.S. Births Hit a 43-Year Low In this data snapshot, Carsey's Senior Demographer Kenneth Johnson reports that there were only 3,591,000 births in the United States in 2023, according to new data from National Center for Health Statistics.
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Demography | Birth Rates, Demography, Family, Fertility, Women |
| More U.S. Women of Childbearing Age, but Fewer Have Given Birth In this brief, Senior Demographer Kenneth Johnson reports that, in 2022, there were 4.7 million more childless women of prime child-bearing age in the United States than would have been expected given fertility patterns prior to the Great Recession, up from 2.1… |
Demography | Birth Rates, Demography, Family, Fertility, Women |
| Migration Sustains New Hampshire’s Population Gain New Hampshire’s demographic future depends heavily on migration. The state’s population continued to grow in 2021 and 2022 because a migration gain of 18,300 was enough to offset the excess of deaths over births.
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Demography, New Hampshire | Birth Rates, COVID-19, Demography, Fertility, Migration, Mortality, New Hampshire |
| Three Years of Record High Mortality and Low Fertility Leave Many States with More Deaths than Births In this data snapshot, Senior Demographer Kenneth Johnson reports that with Covid-induced mortality at record highs and continuing low fertility during the past three years, U.S. births exceeded deaths by the smallest margin in more than a century.
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Demography | Birth Rates, COVID-19, Demography, Fertility, Mortality |
| U.S. Births Remain Near 40-Year Low for Third Consecutive Year In this data snapshot, Senior Demographer Kenneth Johnson reports that recent National Center for Health Statistics birth data indicate there were only 3,661,000 births in 2022, compared to 3,664,000 in 2021, and just 3,614,000 in 2020. These three birth cohorts are… |
Demography | Birth Rates, COVID-19, Fertility, Women |
| The Recent U.S. Population Growth Rate Increased from Last Year’s Record Low, but Remains Below Historical Levels In this brief, author Kenneth Johnson reports that the U.S. population grew by just 1,256,000 between July of 2021 and July of 2022, according to recent Census Bureau estimates. This was an increase from the record low growth of the preceding year, but it remains… |
Demography | Birth Rates, COVID-19, Demography, Fertility, Immigration, Migration, Mortality |
