The U.S. Census Bureau recently released new data showing state and county population by major age groups as of July 1, 2011. This new data shows another slice of “Demographic Winter” in New Hampshire by looking at the overall age pyramid of the state. A healthy age pyramid, as the name suggests, is one where young folks form the large base and the oldest folks …
Anecdotally, it is a well-worn verse in New Hampshire that the state has been losing its young people. A new study from the U.S. Census Bureau confirms this. The study titled “Historical Migration of the Young, Single, and College-Educated: 1965 to 2000,” (pdf) examined the past four decennial censuses to determine the net migration of this population among the 50 states. Based on a …
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Wendy Warcholik, Executive Director of Cornerstone, had the honor of speaking at the Tea Party Rally in Manchester on Sunday. It was a beautiful day, the crowd was enthusiastic, and the line-up of speakers was incredible. Wendy’s talk was titled “Demographic Winter and Taxes” from which the following is excerpted: The sad reality is that New Hampshire’s families are under a state of siege. …
Today the U.S. Census Bureau released new population data for New Hampshire by county (xls) between July 1, 2010 and July 1, 2011. We’ve been talking about Demographic Winter for some time now, but it no longer a hypothetical for some counties in New Hampshire. As shown in the table below, three counties now have negative natural population growth (births minus deaths) including: Belknap (-99), …
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Check out this cool infographic from the U.S. Census Bureau which compares America circa 1940 to 2010. Why 1940? The 1940 Census was just released in its entirety which means you can can see now see all the original data without privacy concerns. All private information from the decennial census are sealed for 72 years–so private data from the 2010 census won’t be available until 2082. …
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According to the latest population data from the U.S. Census Bureau, New Hampshire is facing a “demographic winter” which means that there are too few young people to support the current population level. As shown in the chart below, between 2000 and 2010, the number of people under the age of 18 fell by 8 percent while the number of people over the age …
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