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Fertility decline in the United States


U.S. Fertility Rate Drops to Another Historic Low - CDC

The report shows a 2% decline from 2022, with 3,591,328 births recorded in 2023. Other findings in the new report: 2023 birth rates. declined ...

A First-Principles Look at Historically Low U.S. Fertility and its ...

Recently, the CDC released provisional data showing that, in 2023, the U.S. birth rate declined to its lowest level in history.

The Long-Term Decline in Fertility—and What It Means for State ...

Instead, fertility has largely continued to follow a downward trajectory across the country, falling to a record low in 2020.2 State budgets ...

US fertility rate dropped to record low in 2023, CDC data shows - CNN

In 2023, the US fertility rate fell another 3% from the year before, to a historic low of about 55 births for every 1,000 females ages 15 to 44, ...

The political shockwaves of America's falling birth rates - Politico

there's a new phenomenon known as “technological doping.” It involves using equipment on your body that can enhance performance — and it's the ...

US fertility rate dropped to lowest in a century as births dipped in 2023

After a steep plunge in the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic, the fertility rate has fluctuated. But the 3% drop between 2022 and 2023 ...

U.S. Fertility Rate Drops to Another Historic Low - CDC Blogs

The general fertility rate in the United States decreased by 3% from 2022, reaching a historic low. This marks the second consecutive year of decline.

Fertility Rates: Declined for Younger Women, Increased for Older ...

By 2019, there were about 58.21 births per 1,000 women in that age group. While broadly stable, annual births in the United States declined from ...

The US fertility rate is decreasing: What it means for the nation's future

Nationwide, between 2007 and 2022, fertility rates dropped by about 19%, according to CDC data. The health of the economy—as well as major ...

U.S. Fertility Rate Falls to Record Low - WSJ

American women are giving birth at record-low rates. The total fertility rate fell to 1.62 births per woman in 2023, a 2% decline from a ...

Why does the US fertility rate keep dropping? - The Week

The US fertility rate dropped to a record low in 2023. Birth rates have been declining for the last few decades, and Americans are currently not having enough ...

US births are down again, after the COVID baby bust and rebound

Quarterly births have been steadily trending downward between 2016 and 2022, with significant deviations from trend during the years of the U.S. ...

Some good news about America's fertility problem - The Economist

Breaking the data down by age shows that fertility is in serious decline only among America's youngest women. Since the 1990s the fertility ...

US birth rates are at record lows – even though the number of kids ...

By 2021, levels had dropped more than 20%, close to the lowest level in a century. Why? Is this decline because, as some suggest, young people ...

Declining Fertility in America - American Enterprise Institute

Birth rates in America are declining, leading to one of the lowest rates of population growth on record, soon to become the lowest ever. This will likely.

Why Is the U.S. Birth Rate Declining? - Population Reference Bureau

After 1900, average fertility declined gradually, interrupted only by the baby boom following World War II. Another drop in the total fertility ...

You can't even pay people to have more kids - Vox

In the US, the birth rate has been falling since the Great Recession, dropping almost 23 percent between 2007 and 2022. Today, the average ...

The Causes and Consequences of Declining US Fertility

A prolonged US total fertility rate this low—specifically, a rate substantially below 2—would lead to slower population growth, which could in turn cause slower ...

Some Historical Perspective on U.S. Fertility Decline - Cato Institute

Fertility rates in the US have declined from above‐ replacement at the top of the Great Recession, to below replacement rate a few years later.

The Mystery of the Declining U.S. Birth Rate - Econofact

The US birth rate has fallen by 20% since 2007. This decline cannot be explained by demographic, economic, or policy changes.