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

Projecting Uncertainty

Wednesday, May 15th, 2013 Posted in Immigration/Migration, Population Basics

by Mark Mather, associate vice president, Domestic Programs The Census Bureau released alternative U.S. population projections today, to supplement the “middle series” projections they released in December. The new projections are ... Read more..

Why Has the U.S. Birth Rate Recently Declined?

Tuesday, March 26th, 2013 Posted in Race Ethnicity, Reproductive Health

by Carl Haub, senior demographer Following up on some recent blogs on the drop in the U.S. birth rate, I thought it would be useful to see which groups have been ... Read more..

U.S. Population Growth in Metro Areas Linked to Jobs, Federal Spending

Thursday, March 14th, 2013 Posted in Population Basics

by Mark Mather, associate vice president, Domestic Programs The Census Bureau released new data today showing rapid population growth in some unlikely places. Many parts of the Midwest have been losing ... Read more..

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..

Reports That the U.S. Birth Rate in 2011 Was the Lowest in History Are, Well, Wrong

Wednesday, November 28th, 2012 Posted in Reproductive Health

by Carl Haub, senior demographer Several newspapers, blogs, and websites have proclaimed that the U.S. “birth rate” in 2011 was the lowest since records have been kept. But it wasn’t. The ... Read more..

Who Really Votes in U.S. Presidential Elections?

Thursday, November 1st, 2012 Posted in Race Ethnicity

by Carl Haub, senior demographer With the 2012 presidential election just around the corner, I took a look at past elections to see how many U.S. residents actually vote. Less than ... Read more..

Don’t Let Congress Push Our Future Off the (Fiscal) Cliff

Friday, October 26th, 2012 Posted in Race Ethnicity

by Liany Elba Arroyo, Associate Director, Education and Children’s Policy Project, NCLR This post was originally published by NCLR blog, by the National Council of La Raza (NCLR). [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="531"] ... Read more..