Released by the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) and Population Reference Bureau (PRB), The Appalachian Region: A Data Overview from the 2020–2024 American Community Survey shows key improvements in Appalachia, including a decline in poverty rates and increased income levels and educational attainment.
Despite economic improvements, the region still lags behind the U.S. in population growth and broadband access.
Reviewing two decades of research on health, disability, and care in the United States
The future of communities may depend less on how many residents they have—and more on how many people they can meaningfully connect with.
Without immigration as a buffer, the U.S. population could begin shrinking in 2033, the CBO projects.
By Julia Greene
As someone who grew up in Shelby County, Tennessee, I’ve always seen this place as full of potential, rich in culture, history, and community.
Infertility receives nowhere near the attention or funding of fertility decline or aging despite asking the same fundamental question.
The closure of a local grocery store or clinic is often framed as an economic loss or a mere inconvenience.
Medicaid cuts enacted under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R.
More than half of people with Medicare are now enrolled in Medicare Advantage, up from about one in five two decades ago.