Ohio gained about 26,238 new residents in 2023, which was the state’s first population increase in three years, according to new Census data. But Ohio’s rate of population growth trailed a majority of ...

THERE are more than a million empty desks in the elementary schools of America this year. In 1930 the total enrollment was 21,300,000; in 1938 it had fallen to about 20,000,000. Consider what these ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Ohio is in the initial stages of long-term population decline, with a report issued by the Department of Development predicting the state will lose 675,000 people by 2050. The ...

The salutary effect of formal education on health-risk behaviors and mortality is extensively documented: ceteris paribus, greater educational attainment leads to healthier lives and longevity. Even ...

DES MOINES — The number of inmates held in Iowa prisons crept up last fiscal year but the population was down significantly from the record count of a decade ago as COVID-19 has forced policymakers to ...

Two Western states known for their rugged landscapes and wide-open spaces are bucking the trend of sluggish U.S. population growth, which dipped to the lowest level since the Great Depression, though ...

The United Nations Population Division (UNPD) projects that the world's human population will hit 7 billion on Halloween Day 2011. Admittedly, that is just an estimate: There's no way to know exactly ...

Bill Schubart, a retired businessman, is a regular columnist for VTDigger. Our prisons are a petri dish for COVID-19. Vermont has over 1,700 people in its six correctional facilities and another 300 ...