Applied Population Laboratory

Whither the Boomers? Census Bureau 2024 estimates by single year of age for United States indicate Baby Boom generation (born circa 1946-1964) has slipped below 70 million. Boomers are 10 million fewer than in 2010 and have lost more than 1 million per year over last four years.

Census Bureau 2024 estimates by single year of age, United States: Ten largest cohorts are now all "thirty-somethings," ages 30-39.

Updated "Wisconsin's Graying Population" map (county percentages age 65 & over) based on Census 2020 now posted at cdn.apl.wisc.edu/publications...

Mortality in Wisconsin, the "long view:" Annual deaths dating back to 1905, around the time when the state began collecting vital statistics. Years where the counts passed a 10,000 threshold highlighted, as well as the COVID-19 peak.

Mortality in Wisconsin, 2023: After exceeding 60,000 annually from 2020 through 2022, deaths in Wisconsin in2023 were more in line with the pattern seen in 12 years before the COVID-19 pandemic.

The demographics of North Carolina’s foreign-born population | Carolina Demography In recent weeks, we’ve received many data requests from journalists and community leaders across North Carolina about the state’s foreign-born population. This heightened interest is largely driven by...

The demographics of North Carolina’s foreign-born population, by Carolina Demography Director Nathan Dollar.
carolinademography.cpc.unc.edu/2025/01/31/t...

3 reasons why most North Carolina school districts are losing students Five years after the pandemic, 101 North Carolina public school districts still have fewer students than before. Falling enrollment appears here to stay, but school choice isn’t the only reason why.

Fewer births, migration to cities, and school choice are behind declining enrollment in NC public schools, said Carolina Demography Director Nathan Dollar.
www.wunc.org/education/20...

Our two papers on abortion bans and fertility/infant mortality are now out.

In 14 states w/ abortion bans, fertility increased 1.7% and infant mortality increased 6%.

Key takeaway is that these impacts were disproportionately felt among those w/ greatest structural disadvantages.

Links below.

Economic Complexity and Divergent Population Growth by Race and Rurality - Spatial Demography Economic complexity (EC) measures the diversification and domestic comparative advantage of industry in an economy. Originally applied to studies of global economic development, dominant frameworks su...

📍New #publication from CDE's Clayton Adamson,
Katherine Curtis & @whatspsays.bsky.social in Spatial Demography finds that higher economic complexity more strongly associates with population growth and net in-migration in non-metro contexts
➡️Read more: doi.org/10.1007/s409...

Wisconsin population age pyramids, 1960 - 2020: With the aging of the Baby Boom generation, a more appropriate label may be a "population urn."

A colleague asked whether I thought the government would continue the public release of its data products. The data from CDC health monitoring surveys, decades of data on mortality, crime data, climate data of a variety of types that go back for years, etc.
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Great turnout at the #AmericanCommunitySurvey on the Road workshop in NYC! @prbdata.bsky.social

via @appliedpoplab @apluw.bsky.social Notes from APL November & December 2024 mailchi.mp/754e58cac6bc...
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Migration Drives State Population Growth
Recent data shows positive net migration to Wisconsin over the past two years. Nearly all population gain since 2020 is due to net migration...

via @WA_OFM Population change: natural increase and net migration | Washington state population.
Population change is comprised of two major components -- natural increase and net migration.
Natural increase (births minus deaths) is the more stable component... ofm.wa.gov/washington-d...

The chance of dying in a given year is roughly double for men compared to women for most of their lives -and in their mid-twenties, it triples. That's how the gender gap in life expectancy adds up.
#demography #population #gender #Europe

via @WisconsinDOA DOA Population Projections, produced in 2024, based from 2020 Census:
State and County Population Projections 2020-2050: A Brief Summary of Findings Adobe PDF...
https://doa.wi.gov/P... (via Google CSE)

Study indicates Chippewa Falls school enrollment will continue to decline CHIPPEWA FALLS — Enrollment in the Chippewa Falls School District has been declining in recent years, and a new UW-Madison study shows that trend is likely to continue.

APL demographer David Egan-Robertson addressed the Chippewa Falls Area School District's board about future enrollment:
www.leadertelegram.com/news/daily-u...

Census Bureau state estimates, 2024, net migration rates since 2020 Census: Wisconsin's rate ranks 5th among 12 Midwest states. Strong net migration gains in S. Dakota.

Census Bureau state estimates, 2024, international migration caveat: The Bureau revised their estimates of international migration for 2021-22 and 2022-23, increasing this component for all states and raising the national population estimate substantially.

Census Bureau state estimates, 2024, components of population change since 2020 Census: Since the COVID-19 pandemic, Wisconsin's natural change (births-deaths) has become slightly positive. Nearly all population gain since 2020 is due to net migration gains, particularly in international migration.

Census Bureau state estimates, 2024, annual rate of change since 2020: With states having varying population sizes, rates are more equitable comparison. Wisconsin ranks 8th of 12. Very high growth rate for S. Dakota.

Census Bureau state estimates, 2024, numeric change since 2020 Census: Wisconsin has gained nearly 67,000 people (1.1%). Among Midwest states, IL has only numeric loss, IN has highest numeric increase.

Young Americans are marrying later, and it looks like more of them will remain unmarried

Updated with new data from the National Survey of Family Growth

Stark population decline projected for NYS | Cornell Chronicle New York state’s population could shrink by more than 2 million people over the next 25 years – a decline of more than 13%, according to a new report.

via @PADCornell This new article from the Cornell Chronicle discusses our newly released population projections out to the year 2050 for New York State- "If the demographic trends in the state do not change, its population will continue to decline".

Campop blog #22: Queen Elizabeth II died of 'old age' - a rare cause today but common in the past. The history of this cause of death can tell us about changes in medical provision, medical knowledge and acceptable causes of death

@camunicampop.bsky.social
www.campop.geog.cam.ac.uk/blog/2024/11...

Net change in single- and multi-family housing units, state of Wisconsin, annual 1990-2023

Wisconsin housing construction, a long-range view: Annual changes in single- and multi-family housing stock since 1990. Multi-family units started increasing in 2010 and have surpassed single-family units in five of the past eight years.

Housing units added, state of Wisconsin, single-family and multi-family units, 2019-2023

Wisconsin housing construction, 2023: Number of new single-family units was about 12% lower than in 2021; units in multi-family buildings was about 15% lower than two years prior.

Net housing unit change, state of Wisconsin, annual 1990-2023

Wisconsin housing construction, a long-range view: Annual net changes in housing stock since 1990. Net gain topped 30,000 from 1992 through 2005, before the Great Recession hit.

Net housing unit change graph, State of Wisconsin, 2014-2023

Wisconsin housing construction slowed for the second straight year in 2023. Net change in the state's housing stock was down about 13% from 2021. But the net gains of the past four years have all been well above those in the 2014-19 period.