Demographics 42: Median age to give birth is now 30
My Mom was 41 years old when I was born at tail end of “baby boom”L While fertility rates dropped from 1990 to 2019 overall, the decline was regarded as…
Demographics 41: California forecasts continued public school enrollment declines
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, the California Department of Finance projected a 7% decrease in California public school enrollment between 2018 and 2028. A report by the Public Policy Institute…
Demographics 40: “Bermuda Is Facing A Demographic Crisis” –
“Bermuda is facing a demographic crisis” and “the prospect of Bermuda’s declining and aging population in the coming years raises critical concerns about GDP, employment, health care, retirement benefits, and…
Demographics 39: “Lower Labor Force Participation Rates and Slower Population Growth Pose Challenges”-Federal Reserve
As the nation recovers from the pandemic-induced recession, finding workers to fill job openings has been a headwind for many regions and industries. Although many researchers have pointed to the…
Demographics 38: “Most of Alaska faces population decline as birth rates plummet”
With fewer Alaskans choosing to have children the state’s population is expected to begin a decades-long decline in most areas. Source: Most of Alaska faces population decline as birth rates…
Demographics 37: What does “Aging population” actually mean?
I have seen this phrase “aging population” appear in the media for years, probably decades. It’s confusing as it applies that we are somehow making more old people. What they…
36-Demographics: Differences of Young versus Old – and how to pay for it?
The young tend to spend more on products. Think of buying a home and then needing to (eventually) add furnishings, kitchen utensils, laundry machines and so on. The old tend…
34-Demographics: Emerging Europe’s population may decline to early 1900s levels over coming century
Source: bne IntelliNews – Population decline to take Emerging Europe back to the early 20th century
22-Demographics: An important reason to develop international skills
I added a big update to this post so adding this link as a new, updated quick look: 22-Demographics: An important reason to develop international skills
33-Demographics: Shortage of health care workers
This is all over the country: Similar scenarios are playing out all over Oregon. A lack of qualified healthcare workers, which began before the pandemic and worsened after COVID-19 hit,…