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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.
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
Domestic Migrants and Dollars Flowed to New Hampshire During the Pandemic
In this brief, authors Kenneth Johnson and Tyrus Parker report that New Hampshire had a net migration gain of 26,000 during the era of the Covid pandemic (from 2020 to 2022). This was a significant increase from the net migration gain of 17,000 in the three years…
COVID-19, Demography, New Hampshire Birth Rates, COVID-19, Demography, Migration, Mortality, New Hampshire
New England Is Gaining Population Due to Immigration
In this brief, author Kenneth Johnson reports that New England’s population gain of 123,000 (0.8 percent) between July 2023 and July 2024 was its largest in recent years, according to new Census Bureau estimates.
Demography Demography, Immigration, Migration, Mortality, New England
Migration Continues to Sustain Population Gains in Rural America
In this brief, author Kenneth Johnson reports that rural America is now gaining population again after a decade of loss.
Demography Birth Rates, COVID-19, Demography, Migration, Mortality, Rural, Urban
Population Gains Continue in New Hampshire, but the Pace Varies
In this brief, Carsey Senior Demographer Kenneth Johnson reports that New Hampshire’s population reached 1,402,054 on July 1, 2023, an increase of 24,500 residents since April 1, 2020, according to new Census Bureau estimates.
Demography, New Hampshire Birth Rates, Demography, Migration, Mortality, New Hampshire
Latest Data Show All New England States Are Gaining Population
In this brief, Senior Demographer Kenneth Johnson reports that population gains were widespread in New England last year, according to new Census Bureau estimates.
COVID-19, Demography, New Hampshire COVID-19, Demography, Immigration, Migration, Mortality, New England, New Hampshire
Recent Demographic Trends Have Implications for Rural Health Care
In this brief, Senior Demographer Kenneth Johnson reports that nonmetropolitan (rural) America gained population between April of 2020 and July of 2022. In the preceding decade, rural areas lost population, both because more people left rural areas than moved to them…
COVID-19, Demography Birth Rates, COVID-19, Demography, Migration, Mortality, Rural, Urban
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.
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.
Demography Birth Rates, COVID-19, Demography, Fertility, Mortality