Places in Utah, Colorado and Nevada are among those that have seen the starkest drops in their under-5 shares of the ...

People are having fewer children all over the world, affecting separate regions in different ways. Newsweek has mapped out which countries have the lowest and highest fertility rates to break down ...

Although the U.S. birth rate is on the decline, the number of women having babies in one age group has increased. Those new mothers are 40 and older. In the U.S., teen birth rates are at historic lows ...

GRAND FORKS – North Dakota birth rates have declined 35% since 2016, a trend some say is caused by economic uncertainty, a shift in social norms and a post-oil boom lull. Unless residents start having ...

California’s birth rate has hit a record low, a historic “baby bust” in a state with the world’s fourth largest economy, dipping below the birth rate of 1906, when San Francisco was recovering from ...

In October, NPR examined how the decline in birth rates in industrialized nations is changing the way we live. It’s not just economically, but also: who’s going to care for an aging population? Will ...

Over the past few decades, birth rates have plummeted in the West. A recent Financial Times article reported that the decline in fertility has been much steeper among progressives than conservatives.

In the U.S., teen birth rates are at historic lows. The overall birth rate has also declined, but women in one age group are having more babies - women in their 40s. Bek Shackelford-Nwanganga of the ...