Category: Migration
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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 | Publication |
A Transformation in Mexican Migration to the United States The early years of the twenty-first century have seen a major decline in the volume of migration from Mexico to the United States. According to one study, during the 2005–2010 period, slightly more Mexicans left the United States (1.39 million) than entered it (1.37 million), a change in the pattern of the last several decades.1 Another study finds that fewer Mexicans than non-Mexicans were apprehended at U.S. borders in 2014, a historic first.2
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Demography | Hispanics, Migration | Publication |
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 understanding of the complex patterns of demographic change in the United States.
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Demography | Demography, Migration, Young Adults | Publication |
Challenge and Hope in the North Country Hit hard by the national decline in natural-resource and manufacturing jobs, North Country communities in northern New Hampshire and bordering areas of Maine and Vermont (Figure 1) continue to face challenges in restructuring their economies.1 A 2008 study classified Coös County, New Hampshire, and Oxford County, Maine, as “amenity/decline” regions, a common pattern in rural America where historically resource-dependent places experience decline in their traditional industries, even while natural amenities present new opportunities for growth in areas such as tourism or amenity-based in-migration. Complicating this transition, there is often out-migration of young adults seeking jobs and financial stability elsewhere, as new industries in rural areas tend toward seasonal employment or require different kinds of skills.2 In this brief, we report on a 2017 survey that asked North Country residents about their perceptions, hopes, and concerns regarding this region. Many of the same questions had been asked on earlier surveys in 2007 and 2010, providing a unique comparative perspective on what has changed or stayed much the same.
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Community, Environment, and Climate Change, New Hampshire | Community, Economic Development, Migration, New Hampshire, Public Opinion, Rural, Unemployment | Publication |
Data Snapshot: Migration Fuels Largest New Hampshire Population Gain in a Decade The population of New Hampshire grew by 7,800 between July of 2016 and July of 2017 to 1,343,000 according to new Census Bureau estimates. This is the largest population gain for the state since 2005 and 60 percent greater than last year, though it remains modest compared to gains in the 1980s and 1990s. Migration accounted for nearly all of the growth. New Hampshire had a net domestic migration gain of nearly 4,700 residents in migration exchanges with other states last year, compared to just 1,800 in the previous year.
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Demography | Demography, Migration, New Hampshire | Publication |
Demographic Trends in Rural and Small Town America This report examines the changing demographics of rural America and shows that the makeup of rural America is changing as certain regions grow with the migration of retirees and baby boomers into amenity-rich areas. At the same time, other places face economic uncertainty as younger residents continue to leave in search of more opportunities. Racial and ethnic diversity, meanwhile, continues to increase.
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Demography | Demography, Migration, Race, Rural, Seniors, Young Adults | Publication |
Demographic Trends in the Manchester-Nashua Metropolitan Area In the city of Manchester, New Hampshire, 25 percent of children live below the poverty line, a high rate that is in stark contrast to the state's rate of just 10 percent, one of the nation's lowest. That is the most surprising finding from this new analysis of demographic trends in the Manchester-Nashua metropolitan area. The brief presents recent demographic shifts in Manchester, Nashua, and suburban Hillsborough County alongside historical perspectives of the region.
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Demography, New Hampshire | Birth Rates, Demography, Migration, New Hampshire, Poverty | Publication |
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 metropolitan areas, and rural counties proximate to metropolitan areas all gained more domestic migrants in the last year. In contrast, domestic migration losses grew in the core counties of metropolitan areas of 1 million or more and remained substantial in rural counties that are not adjacent to an urban area.
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Demography | Birth Rates, Demography, Migration | Publication |
Migration Gains to New Hampshire From Other U.S. States Are Growing, With the Largest Gains Among Young Adults In this data snapshot, author Kenneth Johnson discusses how New Hampshire is now gaining significantly more migrants from other U.S. destinations than earlier in the decade. The largest gains are among young adults.
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Demography | Demography, Migration, New Hampshire, Young Adults | Publication |
Migration Trends Shifted in 2014 In this fact sheet, author Ken Johnson reports on new Census Bureau data released on March 26, 2015. The data provide further evidence that the recession’s influence on domestic migration is diminishing. Migration patterns are reverting to those commonly seen before the recession. Suburban counties of large metropolitan areas are receiving more domestic migrants, while large metropolitan core counties are seeing more domestic migration losses. Domestic migration losses also continue in rural areas. There is no evidence in these new Census data of any recovery in fertility. Births remain near 15-year lows, and there were a record number of deaths last year.
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Demography | Birth Rates, Demography, Migration | Publication |
Moving to Diversity America is growing more racially and ethnically diverse,1 yet some parts of the country are far more diverse than others. Migration—the flow of people from one place to another2—influences local diversity by continually redistributing the population3 and altering the racial mix in both the sending and receiving communities. Migration can serve an integrating function when people from different races move into the same area, but it can also reinforce existing racial boundaries and diminish local diversity when people from different racial groups sort themselves into homogeneous communities. Using new data and techniques, we find that net migration between counties increased racial diversity in each of the last two decades. However, migration’s influence on diversity was far from uniform: it varied by race, age group, and region of the country, sometimes starkly. Overall, net migration of the population under age 40 increased diversity, while net migration of people over age 60 diminished diversity (see Figure 1 and Box 1).4
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Demography | Demography, Hispanics, Migration, Race | Publication |
New Census Data Reflect the Continuing Impact of Covid on U.S. Demographic Trends In this brief, Senior Demographer Kenneth Johnson reports that, according to recent Census Bureau estimates, the U.S. population has grown at the slowest rate in history in the past two years due to the impact of Covid.
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Demography | Birth Rates, COVID-19, Demography, Migration, Mortality, Rural, Urban | Publication |
New Census Data Reveal Modest Population Growth in New Hampshire Over the Past Decade In this fact sheet, author Kenneth Johnson reports that New Hampshire’s population reached 1,377,529 on April 1, 2020, an increase of 61,000 residents (4.6 percent) since April 1, 2010 according to new 2020 Census data.
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Demography, New Hampshire | Demography, Migration, New Hampshire | Publication |
New Faces at the Polls in the New Hampshire Presidential Primary New Hampshire prides itself on its first-in-the-nation status, but with changing demographics and significant migration in and out of the state, the winner of the New Hampshire Primary was anyone's guess.
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New Hampshire | Demography, Migration, New Hampshire, Politics and Elections | Publication |
New Hampshire Demographic Trends in an Era of Economic Turbulence In this brief, author Kenneth Johnson reports that New Hampshire gained 40,000 residents (a 3 percent increase) between 2010 and 2018, and the population reached 1,356,458 on July 1, 2018, according to the Census Bureau.
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Demography, New Hampshire | Birth Rates, Demography, Migration, New Hampshire | Publication |
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 2000 and 2010, mostly during the earlier years of the decade.
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Demography, New Hampshire | Demography, Fertility, Migration, New Hampshire | Publication |
New Hampshire Demographic Trends Reflect Impact of the Economic Recession Between July 2008 and July 2009, more people left New Hampshire than moved to it, reversing a trend of domestic migration that had fueled the state's population growth over the past decade, according to U.S. Census Bureau data in released March 2010. This fact sheet summarizes the data.
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Demography, New Hampshire | Demography, Migration, New Hampshire | Publication |
New Hampshire Population Grew Last Year, Even Though Deaths Exceeded Births In this data snapshot, author Kenneth Johnson reports the population of New Hampshire grew by 6,200 to 1,360,000 between July of 2018 and July of 2019 according to new Census Bureau estimates. The state’s population increased even though there were fewer births than deaths in the state last year.
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Demography, New Hampshire | Birth Rates, Demography, Migration, Mortality, New Hampshire | Publication |
Population Gains Widespread in New Hampshire Counties Due to Migration In this data snapshot, Senior Demographer Kenneth Johnson reports that the population of New Hampshire grew by 17,700 to 1,395,000 between April 2020, when the 2020 Census was conducted, and July 2022, according to new Census Bureau estimates. These population gains were widespread, occurring in each of the state’s ten counties despite deaths exceeding births in nine of the ten counties.
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Demography, New Hampshire | Birth Rates, COVID-19, Demography, Migration, Mortality, New Hampshire | Publication |
Recent Data Suggest Rural America Is Growing Again After a Decade of Population Loss In this data snapshot, author Kenneth Johnson reports that after a decade of population loss, rural America gained population between 2020 and 2021 because migration gains offset a growing excess of deaths over births due to COVID-19.
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Demography | Demography, Migration, Mortality | Publication |