Behind the Numbers: The PRB blog on population, health, and the environment

An Older, Slower-Growing U.S. Population

Wednesday, December 12th, 2012 Posted in Population Basics, Race Ethnicity

by Mark Mather, associate vice president, Domestic Programs The United States is on a new demographic trajectory: The population is set to reach 400 million by 2051, 12 years later ... Read more..

U.S. Births Down Again, But For How Long?

Friday, July 27th, 2012 Posted in Population Basics

by Carl Haub, senior demographer The U.S. National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) has reported preliminary birth statistics for 2011 and the downward trend in U.S. fertility noted earlier has continued. ... Read more..

U.S. Great Recession’s Human Toll

Thursday, May 17th, 2012 Posted in Income/Poverty, Marriage/Family

by Paola Scommegna, senior writer/editor The loss of jobs, homes, and investment wealth that characterized the U.S. “Great Recession” (2007 to 2009) also took a personal toll. A number of researchers ... Read more..

Recession Not So NEET for Young Adults in U.S.

Friday, December 9th, 2011 Posted in Marriage/Family, Youth

by Mark Mather, associate vice president, Domestic Programs In the U.K., they are called NEETS, people who are “Not in Employment, Education, or Training.” In Spain and Mexico, they have been ... Read more..

What Does “Unemployment” Really Mean in the U.S.?

Monday, January 31st, 2011 Posted in Income/Poverty

  Photo: Bart Everson, used under Creative Commons license.by Carl Haub, senior demographer  Few government numbers receive as much publicity as the monthly unemployment rate released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics ... Read more..

More U.S. Households Receiving Food Stamps

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009 Posted in Income/Poverty

by Mark Mather, associate vice president, Domestic Programs Today the Census Bureau released another wave of economic data that showed a 13 percent increase in U.S. households receiving food stamps between 2007 ... Read more..

Recession’s Social Impact on U.S. Population

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009 Posted in Income/Poverty

by Eric Zuehlke, editor Our very own Mark Mather, associate vice president of Domestic Programs, has been getting a lot of media exposure recently based on his recent article on the social ... Read more..

New Data on U.S. Health Insurance Coverage

Friday, September 11th, 2009 Posted in Aging

by Mark Mather, associate vice president, Domestic Programs  The Census Bureau released new 2008 poverty and health insurance estimates today. Poverty rates are up (no surprise there), but it’s the health insurance numbers ... Read more..

Economic Recession Negatively Affecting U.S. Children

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009 Posted in Youth

by Nadwa Mossaad, research associate A new report by Duke University, funded by the Foundation for Child Development, paints a dire portrait of U.S. children in 2010. Child poverty is expected ... Read more..

Population Boom in America’s Big Cities

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009 Posted in Immigration/Migration

by Mark Mather, associate vice president, Domestic Programs The population in America’s largest cities is booming, according to new data released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. Just a few years ... Read more..