COVID-19 News
COVID-19 claimed more lives than births overthe past year, leaving 400 counties in America with their first-ever population declines. The Hill recently reported on the Census statistics with insight from Carsey School Senior Demographer Ken Johnson, who explained the exacerbatedtrendsfrom the...
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03/24/22The Washington Post reports on new U.S. Census data showing that nearly three-quarters of all U.S. counties reported more deaths than births last...
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03/24/22The Los Angeles Times reported on how the first year of the pandemic resulted in a migration surge to the American Southwest as many major U.S....
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03/17/22A congressional briefing and new report will share research showing that rural residents, when compared with their urban counterparts, were more...
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02/25/22An overall decline in the number of people residing in rural U.S. counties, accompanied by more deaths and fewer births, can be explained by...
Recent Stories
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02/24/22 -Data from the 2020 U.S. Census shows an increase in diversity among the adult population in rural counties. The Daily Yonder recently examined this change and included insight...
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02/07/22 -Childcare for children under the age of 12 has beena struggle for many households in the recent years. An article from the Berlin Sunexamines research conducted by Jess Carson,...
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01/26/22 -COVID-19 has taken a toll on many, but as the economy begins to recover, some demographics are still behind.An article from Policy Genius examines which populations are being...
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01/05/22 -NBC News interviewed Ken Johnson, Senior Demographer with the Carsey School, regarding 2021’s decline in the U.S. population growth rate – reportedly the largest decline since the...
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01/04/22 -Tara Bahrampour of The Washington Post reported on 2021’s U.S. population growth of just 0.1 percent – the lowest rate since the country’s founding – and included an interview...
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01/03/22 -The U.S. population growth dipped to an all-time low during the COVID-19 pandemic’s first year. ABC News reported on this shift, interviewing Carsey School Senior Demographer Ken...
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12/23/21 -“U.S. natural increase was already at a low ebb prior to COVID with the fertility rate hitting a new record low each year and deaths steadily rising due to the population aging.”...
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12/23/21 -The Los Angeles Times recently reported on how 2021 is expected to be even deadlier than 2020. According to Ken Johnson, who was quoted in the article, the U.S. has the smallest...
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12/22/21 -In this recent article, The Washington Post examines 2020 Census data showing that in the last year the U.S. grew by the smallest percentage since its founding. The article...
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12/09/21 -Child careaccessibility and affordability continue to impact people across the U.S., and the issue has been exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Federal Reserve Bank of...