demographics

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  4/17/2023
  

  Are the Millennials Secretly Prosperous?

  Writer Jean Twenge says that by comparison to Boomers and Gen Xers at the same stage of life, Millennials aren't doing as badly as believed, though patterns of family formation and childbirth seem to be undergoing a permanent shift. 

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  1/16/2023
  

  For First Time Since Great Leap Forward, China Deaths Outpace Births

  The reluctance of young Chinese to have children brings the potential of a demographic crisis and potential political turmoil. 

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• SOURCE: Vox
  11/21/2022
  

  Demographics and the Shrinking Future of College

  As the number of students promises to contract in coming years, the workforces and communities that depend on small colleges and regional public universities face dire prospects. 

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  9/6/2022
  

  What's Causing a Half Century of "Black Flight"?

  Despite political rhetoric from some quarters, suburbanization has been undermining the association of Black America with central cities – in large part because of the disinvestment and abandonment of urban communities. 

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• SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
  4/1/2022
  

  The 1950 Census was a Last-of-its-Kind Treasure Trove of Information

  by Dan Bouk

  "As we celebrate the release of the 1950 Census records, it is an opportune moment to think again about the role the census has played — and may still play — in preserving the nation’s past by preserving a substantial accounting of each of us."

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  10/25/2021
  

  Clarifying the Census Bureau's Accounting of "White" Identity Puts Demographic Change in Perspective

  by Morris Levy, Richard Alba and Dowell Myers

  The 2020 Census seemed to show the white population was in freefall. But few questioned whether differences between the 2010 and 2020 censuses reflected real demographic change or simply statistical noise as the the Census makes incomplete progress toward accounting for multiracial identity.

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  8/24/2021
  

  What the ‘Majority Minority’ Shift Really Means for America

  by Justin Gest

  "Through a historical lens, being white in America today is like belonging to a once-exclusive social club that had to loosen its membership criteria to stay afloat."

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  8/20/2021
  

  Both the Right and Left Need to Remember Demography is Not Destiny

  by Adam Serwer

  The 2020 Census has fueled optimism on the left and panic on the right about American demographics. But past periods of ethnic change have shown the fluidity of racial categories defies expectations.

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• SOURCE: Commonweal
  8/17/2021
  

  Scrapping the Color Code: A Post-Racial America is Inevitable

  by Jim Sleeper

  The 2020 Census is showing that whiteness is no longer the civic and cultural norm, but also that bureacratic color-coding can't support a version of civic Americanism that can stand up to a growing white backlash. 

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• SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
  5/20/2021
  

  Political Power Keeps Shifting from the Rust Belt to the Sun Belt. Here’s Why

  by Keith Orejel

  The recent Census results and ensuing reapportionment are part of a decades-old process initiated by New Deal and World War II era policies that encouraged economic development in the South and reshaped American demographics and political economy.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  3/29/2021
  

  Church Membership in the U.S. has Fallen Below the Majority for the First Time in Nearly a Century

  Political Scientist Ryan Burge predicts that there will no longer be a single dominant religion in the United States in 30 years, due principally to the rise of non-affiliation. 

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• SOURCE: The Guardian
  8/9/2020
  

  Trump and the Suburbs: Is He Out of Tune with America's Increasingly Diverse Voters?

  Demographers and political strategists say Trump is promoting a vision of America’s suburbs with aproned housewives, leafy cul-de-sacs and picket fences that no longer exists.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  7/23/2020
  

  Trump’s Push To Skew The Census Builds On A Long History Of Politicizing The Count

  by Paul Schor

  The Trump administration’s effort not to count undocumented immigrants is nothing less than an effort to redistribute political power, one that calls to mind a particularly fierce battle over the 1920 census that highlights the role of these broader fights.

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• SOURCE: The Economist
  4/16/2020
  

  A Lively and Enlightening History of the Census

  Because censuses helped governors subjugate the governed, most people resented them.

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• SOURCE: The New York Times
  4/19/2020
  

  America’s Biggest Cities Were Already Losing Their Allure: What Happens Next?

  The urge among some residents to leave because of the coronavirus may be temporary. But it follows a deeper, more powerful demographic trend.

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  4/24/19
  

  Identicide: How demographic shifts can rip a country apart

  by Monica Duffy Toft

  Internal strife, perhaps civil war or collapse often precedes a decisive demographic shift.

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  How the Historical Profession Has Changed Since 1970

  by Steve Hochstadt

  It's not just for rich white guys anymore.