Editor’s Note: Justin Gest (@_Justin Gest) is a professor at George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government, where he directs the Public Policy program. He is the author of six books ...

US May See First Population Decline Decades Early ...

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

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 ...

Legislation passed by House Republicans would add a citizenship question to the U.S. Census starting in 2030 and could significantly impact total population counts if enacted. The bill's sponsor told ...

Cairo, a town at the southern tip of Illinois founded in the early 19th century, was given that name because it was expected to grow into a huge metropolis. Located at the confluence of the ...

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.

U.S. population growth has slowed significantly.

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 ...