U.S. Population Growth Slowed Dramatically in 2025 as Immigration Dropped, New Data Shows
By asoares
International migration fell 54%, leading to nation’s slowest rate of growth since 2021. Among states, South Carolina grew fastest.
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Five Facts and Trends We’re Watching in 2026
By asoares
Care, the future of work and AI, and other themes we’re keeping an eye on in the new year
We, the (Fewer) People!
The consequences of demographic change as a “megatrend” of our time are not a far destiny anymore but more and more felt in our direct living environment: within families, neighborhoods, municipalities, and regions.
Childhood Adversity Casts a Long Shadow on the Health of LGBTQ+ Youth
By Julia Greene
New data on adverse experiences and gender identity reveal troubling disparities among U.S. high schoolers
Why Americans Are Delaying Parenthood
By Julia Greene
Four studies offer new insights on the decision to have kids in a low birth rate era.
1 in 6: The Global Crisis Very Few Are Funding (And Why We Should Be)
By Julia Greene
Infertility receives nowhere near the attention or funding of fertility decline or aging despite asking the same fundamental question.
PRB Wins Anthem Award for Best Use of Data for Health
By Julia Greene
PRB was awarded for its work on “State of Access: A Contraceptive Policy Scorecard”
Five Things You Can Do to Protect Public Data
By Julia Greene
Even small actions, taken together, can help strengthen the case for the importance of public data to our shared future.
Legal Aid for Evicted Tenants Shows Health Benefits, but Many Still Go Without Lawyers
By Julia Greene
Despite broad eligibility, tenants are still only half as likely as landlords to have legal representation under Washington State’s Right to Counsel program, a new study finds.
When Politics Seeks to Understand: Care Work as a New Pillar of Development in Benin
By Julia Greene
On October 17, a parliamentary debate facilitated by CREG and PRB gave full political meaning to the care economy