Utah’s fertility rate has dropped again, according to federal data. The decline also means Utah’s rank nationally has fallen in comparison to other states. In 2022, only three states had a higher ...

Jonathan is a Policy Analyst in the Center for Data Analysis at The Heritage Foundation. Americans’ family-size preferences have not changed much since 1975. But since the Great Recession, U.S. adults ...

Pronatalism – the belief that low birth rates are a problem that must be reversed – is having a moment in the U.S. Demographers generally gauge births in a population with a measure called the total ...

The total fertility rate in the United States – the estimated number of children that the average woman will have in her lifetime, based on present trends – has generally declined over the past two ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The fertility rate in the U.S. dropped to an all-time low in 2024 with less than 1.6 kids per woman, new federal data released Thursday shows. UPDATE: New video shows latest ...

Earth’s population is in the midst of two notable trends that will impact humanity’s future. People are living longer than ever before. At the same time, population growth is slowing and beginning to ...

Humanity has entered a new era of rapid population decline. Globally, the total fertility rate is likely already below replacement—that is, below the level needed to sustain the population in the long ...