Demographics
A Fear of 'White Extinction' Is Provoking Racial Bias Among American Whites
New research finds those fears in turn provoke racial bias and support for conservative policy positions.
Experts Say a Citizenship Question Would Be Bad for the Census. The Supreme Court Might Allow It Anyway.
The five conservatives on the court seemed ready to rule against three lower courts, a collection of researchers and experts, and five former leaders of the Census Bureau.
The U.S. Birth Rate Is Still Falling
But that's not necessarily a bad thing.
The Shifting Demographics of Domestic Violence
New research shows that current boyfriends or girlfriends are more likely than spouses to engage in certain types of violent behavior.
The Demographics of Childhood Trauma
A new study assesses the prevalence of adverse childhood experiences in America by state, race or ethnicity, and income level.
There Aren't as Many Gay People as You Think
New research finds overestimation of the homosexual population is linked with lower support for gay rights.
Country of Old
Why China changed its one-child policy—and why it did so too late to help its rapidly graying population.
The Future of Work: Can Minority Americans Shift the Labor Debate to the Left?
The latest entry in a special project in which business and labor leaders, social scientists, technology visionaries, activists, and journalists weigh in on the most consequential changes in the workplace.
The Economic Geography of the Second Machine Age
In 2006, the digital economy underwent a dramatic transformation that changed the map of talent migration.
The Future of Work: Two Tidal Waves, Headed Our Way
The latest entry in a special project in which business and labor leaders, social scientists, technology visionaries, activists, and journalists weigh in on the most consequential changes in the workplace.
How Can Rust Belt Cities Attract More Immigrants?
Communities might roll out the red carpet for the foreign-born, but the more welcoming disposition doesn't do the trick.
Economic Growth in an Era of Demographic Decline
A shrinking population isn't the end of economic expansion.
Debunking Texas Exceptionalism
Winning the demographic lottery is nothing to crow about.
Rachel Dolezal and the Coming Uncoupling of Race in America
New data from multiracial Americans suggests that race is more fluid than ever in the U.S.
The Third Globalization: Human Capital and Demographic Decline
Half of the world lives in a country where the number of births fails to replace those who die.
Job Growth Is a Poor Measure of Economic Health
In a global era of demographic decline, the quality of employment trumps the number of jobs.
The Geopolitics of Gentrification
The international market for U.S. real estate looks nothing like the domestic market for U.S. real estate.
Demographic Tale of the Tape: Vox vs. FiveThirtyEight
Matt Yglesias, despite Vox's commitment to deliver "crucial context alongside new information," passes along tired geographic stereotypes.
The Death of Urbanization in the United States
We continue to confuse population change with net domestic migration. Over the last 20 years, the U.S. has become increasingly rural even as many of its cities have grown.
Demographics: 1; Gentrification Hysteria: 0
Brooklyn is the land where myths become geographic fact, at least when it comes to the New York Post.
Ironic Demographics: Brooklyn Is Dying
What can we learn, if anything, from the drop in median household income in New York City's most populous borough?
In Cleveland, Income Growth Without Population Growth
Another example of how population growth is outdated as an important economic metric.
Ironic Demographics: The Higher Education Bubble
Demographic decline is shrinking the pool of applicants for all but a handful of global superbrands, 80 percent of which are located in the United States.