Stage 5 starts when the birth rate drops below the death rate. In this phase, families have fewer than two children on average. Governments in Stage 5 countries face a new kind of challenge. They must support many older citizens with a smaller group of workers. Therefore, pensions, healthcare, and labor shortages are becoming serious
A new study out of the University of New Hampshire shows a major change in American family life. As of last year, 23.1 million women between 20 and 39 have no children. That is more than half of women in their main childbearing years. Researcher Kenneth Johnson, who examined U.S. Census Bureau data along with
The happiest states in the US in 2025 tell a clear story about life across the country. The scores come from data on health, jobs, safety, income, and community. Each state is ranked from 50 to 1, so you can see where people face the hardest challenges and where life feels steady. Happiness is tied
The population in the United States is still rising, but not at the pace people once expected. A new report from the Congressional Budget Office shows the total will move from 350 million in 2025 to about 367 million by 2055. That figure is lower than experts had projected at the start of the year.
Florida’s rise as the fastest-growing state in the United States is not a fluke. Between 2020 and 2024, its population grew by 8.24%, the highest rate in the country. In raw numbers, that is nearly 1.8 million new residents in four years, with 467,347 added in 2023 alone, as noted by Census.gov. The Sunshine State
In 2024, over 3.6 million babies were born in the United States. That comes to a little over ten thousand births each day. That might sound like a lot to some people, but when we check the numbers from previous years, it’s actually showing signs of demographic decline. Families grow smaller, people wait longer to
The average salary per month in the US in 2025 sits at about $5,625, but that number hardly tells the full story. Some people take home far more, others far less. Median weekly earnings are around $1,194, which works out to about $5,174 a month. Pay depends heavily on where you live and what kind
The post-pandemic American workplace is now permanently altered. What began as a temporary health emergency response has evolved into a structural shift in the geography of work. Take the case of Tucson, Arizona, a classic example of a mid-sized city with a growing tech and defense sector. Pre-pandemic, only 4.9% of the workforce worked remotely.
The Sunshine State’s population jumped by 1.9% in 2022 and added another 1.6% in 2023, nearly outpacing every other state in the country, according to the Census. Cities like Orlando, Tampa, and Miami collectively added nearly 150,000 people between 2022 and 2023, with metro areas like Wildwood-The Villages, Lakeland-Winter Haven, Ocala, and Port St. Lucie
At the state level, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) defines GDP as “the sum of value added from all industries in the state. In essence, a state’s GDP measures the size of its economy, encompassing everything from its tech industry and farms to its factories and public sector. This metric matters because it