CDC data confirms a drop in Black birth rates, but viral claims of 7% in 2 years and 17% since 2019 overstate it.

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

America’s tumbling birthrate is pushing colleges toward a “demographic cliff,” where a declining population in the late teens ...

China's birth rate has dropped to its lowest level since official records began in 1949.

In step with global and national trends, Milwaukee logged its lowest number of births on record in 2025, with just over 7,300 ...

The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia shared new insights into education trends during a meeting at the Virginia Museum of History and Culture.

Perhaps the most profound implication of population decline lies in how we measure societal success. For millennia, growth served as the primary metric. A larger population meant more workers, more ...

There’s been a lot of talk about birth rates this year. President Donald Trump dubbed himself the “fertilization president” shortly after reentering the White House and declared, “We want more babies.

GRAND FORKS – North Dakota birth rates have declined 35% since 2016, a trend some say is caused by economic uncertainty, a shift in social norms and a post-oil boom lull. Unless residents start having ...

More than half of Leon County schools are losing students, but district leaders say the declines don’t yet justify closing neighborhood schools.