Demographics: The coming population collapse
When I was born near the Baby Boom’s peak, many people worried that the population was growing too fast. Today, the shoe is on the other foot. All over the…
St. Cloud State University enrollment down by 38% over ten years
Colleges and universities across the U.S. are struggling with declines in student enrollment, but St. Cloud State University in central Minnesota has been hit harder than many others. Over the…
Demographics: More colleges closing
And it is all downhill after 2025: “Number one, it is the admission cliff, and that is the impending decline . We’ll be graduating our lowest high school classes by…
Demographics: Cost – the other reason for not having babies
Here are the states where it’s costliest to give birth (axios.com) But that only applies to the U.S. – the fertility rate collapse is a global issue.
Business, Demographics: Economists advocate more immigration to halt wage growth
“More immigration would help meet today’s excess demand for labor, which over time would limit wage and price growth,” wrote Gordon Hanson, an urban policy professor at Harvard and Matthew…
Demographics: Writer says fewer children because less religion
An America with less religion is an America that makes parenting harder Source: Millennial parents are having fewer babies, even in Utah — why? – Deseret News Okay. But this…
Demographics: US population demographics skew even more
The U.S. population in 2020 was older and had fewer children under age 5 than in 2010 or 2000, according to the 2020 Census Demographic and Housing Characteristics (DHC) data…
Demographics: Europe’s demographic crisis
Baby bust: Italy faces a ‘demographic winter’ | Financial Times (ft.com) Notes that low birth rates in Europe and elsewhere are putting pressure on government pension, health care, credit ratings…
Demographics: NYC loses 5+% of its population
New York City has lost 5.3% of its population — nearly 475,000 people — since the start of COVID. And most of them are hunkering down in the South. Here’s…
Demographics: Affecting nation state credit ratings
As fewer children are born, and the overall population age temporarily rises, this leads to problems making pension and health care cost commitments. That in turn is leading to greater…