THE 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 ...

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 ...

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.

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, ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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

After a few decades of stability, the US fertility rate is falling. Nationwide, between 2007 and 2022, fertility rates dropped by about 19%, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

Don't pin the birth rate problem on the birth givers

The 2023 rate of 54.4 births per 1,000 females is a historic low, and below the 2.1 children per woman that is considered the “replacement level ...

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.

Why are global and U.S. fertility rates plummeting? - CNN

The global fertility rate has fallen from 5 births per woman in 1950 to 2.3 in 2021 - and even lower in the US, partly due to the cost of child-rearing and ...

Why Are So Many Americans Choosing to Not Have Children?

Fertility rates have been generally falling in the United States since the end of the baby boom in the mid-1960s. That decline accelerated after ...

The Causes and Consequences of Declining US Fertility | NBER

Births are down by 18 percent since 2007. The US total fertility rate is now considerably below replacement level, which implies falling ...

How have US fertility and birth rates changed over time? - USAFacts

The nation's fertility rate has declined since 1957, when there were 122.9 births per 1,000 women ages 15–44. Data for 2023 puts the current fertility rate at ...

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 ...