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Highlights from the preliminary 2017 birth data Birth rates for U.S. teens and early 20-something are at ( another !) all-time low, and bi...

You may (or may not) have heard that Texas has the highest maternal mortality in the nation , as a result of recent, dramatic increases in r...

Highlights from the preliminary 2015 birth data Teen and early 20-something births are at (another) all-time low in the U.S., and birth ra...

This is an update of a post that originally appeared here in February 2013. Sometimes "common knowledge" is not knowledge at all...

For the past few years, I've been updating data about birth seasonality and noting that September is the most common birth month of the ...

Sometimes historical demography requires overturning some unusual stones to get a sense of fertility patterns, family structure, public heal...

The week's top data analysis links... This week's theme: beginnings, endings, and how we spend the time between. BABY BOOM / BAB...

Note: This post is adapted from last year's post  and includes new data and analysis... Do you feel like you're spending a small f...

Earlier today I tweeted about my maternity leave memo... My maternity leave memo made finance staff laugh. What? Don't all moms incl...

The week's top data analysis links... Last week we focused on mortality stats , so this week we're looking at the other end of the ...

The week's top data analysis links... In light of the Texas filibuster (and subsequent second special session) this week's theme: f...

New 2012 population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau show (among other things): The Asian population grew fastest between 2011-12 (...

The week's top data analysis links... This week's theme: fertility rates matter. 16 AND NOT PREGNANT New data from CDC shows t...

Sometimes "common knowledge" is not knowledge at all... There has been considerable hand-wringing in the press over births to wo...

In honor of St. Valentine... MARRIAGE TRENDS According to recent news, the  longest-married couple in the United States  tied the knot m...

POPULATION GROWTH IN ALABAMA: Population in 2010: 4,779,735 Population in 2000: 4,447,100 Growth rate 2000 to 2010: 7.5% Sources:  U.S....

America's biggest metropolitan areas are growing, but for very different reasons, according to a new  report from the U.S. Census Bureau...

The week's top data analysis links... METRO COMPARISONS A new map tool from Brookings shows the relative economic strength and rate...

In an article published yesterday, and based off of birth rate trends reported by the Pew Research Center , Bloomberg Businessweek reported ...

The week's top data analysis links... NO END OF MEN In an article I published on Examiner, I debunk the data Hanna Rosin uses to m...