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America’s weak population growth, already held back by a decadelong fertility slump, is dropping closer to zero because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
In half of all states last year, more people died than were born, up from five states in 2019. Early estimates show the total U.S. population grew 0.35% for the year ended July 1, 2020, the lowest ever documented, and growth is expected to remain near flat this year.
Some demographers cite an outside chance the population could shrink for the first time on record. Population growth is an important influence on the size of the labor market and a country’s fiscal and economic strength.
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Baby boom or bust? How the pandemic has changed pregnancy and birth rates.
Early in the pandemic, there were predictions stay-at-home orders would spawn a baby boom.“Nine months after folks are forced to hunker down and ride out a natural disaster, the birth rate suddenly spikes,” explained an article on Fatherly, a parenting news website.
by Marie McCullough
The Philadelphia Inquirer (TNS)
Jul. 19 2021 @ 11:05pm
The pandemic has had profound impacts on pregnancy and birth rates, as well as birth outcomes, and the long-term consequences could ripple through economies, education systems and more. (Dreamstime/TNS)
Early in the pandemic, there were predictions stay-at-home orders would spawn a baby boom.