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US Birth Rates Are Falling. What Does That Mean?

  • June 07, 2021

Birth rates have been falling in the United States for the past 10 years, to the tune of a 20% decline just between 2007 and 2020. So, what does that mean besides fewer women are having children? Data analysts say if the decline continues we will soon have fertility rates that are lower than replacement levels. One reason for this is that women are birthing at later ages than before; the unknown factor is whether they’ll catch up by having more children at a later age. The pandemic...