Fertility
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| U.S. Fertility Up Slightly, but 8.6 Million Fewer Births Long Term In this data snapshot, Carsey Senior Demographer Kenneth Johnson reports that National Center for Health Statistics data for 2021 show a slight increase in births, rising 1.5 percent from the 2020 level which was a 40-year low.
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Demography | Birth Rates, Demography, Fertility |
| Rural America Lost Population Over the Past Decade for the First Time in History In this brief Carsey Senior Demographer Kenneth Johnson examines rural demographic trends between 2010 and 2020 using data from the 2020 Census. With fewer births, more deaths, and more people leaving than moving in, rural America experienced an overall population… |
Demography | Birth Rates, COVID-19, Demography, Fertility, Migration, Mortality, Rural |
| 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 |
| 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.
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Demography | Birth Rates, COVID-19, Demography, Fertility, Migration, 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.
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COVID-19, Demography | Birth Rates, COVID-19, Demography, Fertility, Women |
| U.S. Fertility Rate Hits Record Low and Births Continue to Diminish National Center for Health Statistics data for 2018 show the lowest general fertility rate on record and just 3,788,000 births—the fewest in 32 years. There were 528,000 fewer births (12 percent) in 2018 than in 2007, just before the Great Recession began to… |
Demography | Birth Rates, Fertility |
| Toward a More Equal Footing Policy makers and advocates nationwide recognize that funding for early childhood education is a crucial investment in the future. Critical foundational development occurs before age 5, and research consistently shows that high-quality early education for children… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Education, Fertility, Poverty |
| 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 |
