While the South grew the most in absolute numbers of rural population, the largest percentage growth was in the Interior Northwest, made up of Idaho, Wyoming and Montana. A biker rides along the Big ...

The data contained continued alarming trends in birthrates and some surprising regions that are gaining population.

A recent report highlighted a looming demographic crisis in the United States, as annual deaths are expected to exceed annual births by 2033. “Population growth in the U.S. is expected to stagnate ...

America's natural-born population could edge toward extinction in just 500 years, startling new data suggests. Not taking into account immigration or major changes in death rates, statisticians ...

A new projection reckons that this year, for the first time in history, the number of Americans could decline. That marks a sobering development for anyone concerned about the future of the republic.

President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown has contributed to a year-to-year drop in the U.S. growth rate as the nation's population hit nearly 342 million people in 2025.

For decades, researchers have worried about disappointing (and now negative) gains in American population health. The pages of Health Affairs are filled with these discussions. Kindig & Mullahy ask ...

Thousands of people moved to rural America last year, causing the fourth year of continual growth in rural areas, according to a Daily Yonder analysis of 2024 Census estimates. Nonmetropolitan, or ...