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population stories: 32 news summaries

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OPINION

 
 Florida's a Dying 
 Ponzi Scheme, 
 But I Love It  

Tax base erodes as tourists, snowbirds dwindle

Sep 6, 09 3:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Florida resident Diane Roberts isn’t surprised—or even upset—that her state is collapsing. The Sunshine State's population is dwindling for the first time since World War II as tourists and snowbirds pull out, eroding the tax base that funded just about everything. "Our whole economy is more... More »

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climate change • Florida • recession • population • collapse • Ponzi scheme

ANALYSIS

 Baby Boomers Will 
 Start Next Biz Craze 


Jun 20, 09 5:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - The baby boomers may be pushing 60, but they're primed to lead another "entrepreneurship boom" in America, Dane Stangler writes in the American. After all, according to one study, it's the close-to-retirement-age crowd—not 20-something whippersnappers—that has led US entrepreneurial activity since it last picked up... More »

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entrepreneurs • aging • recession • population • startup • demographic trends • job tenure

New England Starfish Boom Baffles Experts

Shellfish predators' population worries fishermen

Jun 15, 09 3:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - New England beaches are swarming with starfish this spring, and nobody’s sure why, the Boston Globe reports. The spike may be connected to shellfish population; it could be due to a drop in spider crabs, which prey on starfish; it could be tied to water temperature or wind patterns.... More »

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population • biology • animal • marine biology • fishermen • starfish • animal population • shellfish

 Wild Chickens  
 Get Cocky 
 in Hawaii  

Omnipresent fowl frustrate locals, tourists

Apr 2, 09 9:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Chickens are running amok on the Hawaiian island of Kauai—and they’re not letting locals or tourists forget it. “Those blasted birds won't let me sleep,” one human resident tells the Wall Street Journal. “They make a racket all day and night.” The birds first... More »

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wildlife • population • Hawaii • chickens • Kauai

 Survey: Religion Shrinks in US 

Most groups lose members; Christianity falls 11%

Mar 9, 09 7:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - A new survey shows sweeping changes in US religious attitudes over the past 18 years, with most religions losing members despite population growth, USA Today reports. Those identifying themselves as Christians have dropped 11% in a generation; mobility and marriage patterns have uprooted many religious affiliations. “More than ever... More »

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religion • United States • population • faith • Catholic • Baptist • survey • Wiccan • Bill Maher Grid

GLOSSIES

 10 Best Cities 
 for Small Business 


Feb 8, 09 10:59 AM CST
(Newser) - Despite tough economic times, an analysis of the country’s 100 largest metropolitan areas offers hope for those looking to launch a small business. Portfolio and BizJournals list the cities that are most conducive:
  1. Raleigh, NC: The only market to rank among the top 10 in many key categories—
... More »

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business • Austin • employment • growth • Salt Lake City • population • Seattle • Raleigh • small business • Charlotte • Boise • financial crisis

Latino Population Surges in Post-Katrina New Orleans

Rebuilding effort attracts immigrant workers to NOLA

Dec 24, 08 1:05 PM CST
(Newser) - The promise of jobs in New Orleans' ongoing reconstruction has drawn thousands of Spanish-speaking immigrant laborers to the city in one of the quickest demographic shifts America has seen, the AP reports. The Hispanic population has increased from 15,000 to 50,000 since the storm, accounting for 15.2%... More »

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Hurricane Katrina • New Orleans • police • population • Latinos • immigrant • Hispanic • armed robbery

Japanese Told to Work
Less, Have More Sex

More kids needed

Nov 29, 08 2:10 PM CST
(Newser) - Japan has one of the lowest birth rates in the world, thanks, health experts say, to an overworked populace too tired to have much sex. Surveys show that married Japanese couples under 50 have sex an average of 45 times a year, less than half the global average. Now some... More »

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Japan • marriage • sex • population • work addiction • productivity

Half of America's Population Growth Now Hispanic

Baby boom among '90s immigrants behind surge in Latino population

Oct 24, 08 6:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Hispanic baby boom accounts for more than half of America's population growth over the last decade, the Houston Chronicle reports. A survey found 50.5% of the growth in that period was among Hispanics, even though the group currently makes up just 15% of the population. The growth is... More »

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population • demographics • USA • Hispanic • Pew Hispanic Center • demographic trends

Immigration Cut in Half
in 2007, Census Shows

Economy may have been factor in slowdown

Sep 23, 08 9:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - The number of immigrants to the US dropped by half in 2007, with 511,000 new arrivals, compared with about a million every year since 2000, new Census data reveal. Foreign-born numbers fell in 14 states, including longtime entry points like New Jersey and areas newly popular among immigrants, the... More »

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immigration • global warming • population • driving • Carpoolers • Census data

 Amish Population Booming

Reclusive sect expanding into 28 states

Aug 21, 08 11:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - The booming Amish population has expanded far beyond its Pennsylvania Dutch country roots, drawn to new communities in a quest for cheap farmland, reports the AP. With more than 80% of its youth deciding to remain in the church, its numbers have soared from 123,000 in 1992 to 227,... More »

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Pennsylvania • population • farmland • Amish

Minorities Becoming Majority
Across US

2007 census reveals dramatic trend

Aug 7, 08 8:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - The white population has declined in more than half of US counties, marking a dramatic shift in America's human landscape, reports USA Today. The data from the 2007 census, released today, reveals a continuing trend of immigration and growth within minority populations, coupled with slow or no growth among... More »

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United States • population • demographics • US Census • minorities • Census data • white people

OPINION

 China Is an Unlikely Superpower 

Despite Americans inflates sense of country's dominance

Jul 27, 08 10:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - American pundits are constantly claiming that China will soon overtake the US as the world’s dominant power—but if you look at the facts, that’s just not true, writes John Pomfret in the Washington Post. “Dire demographics, an overrated economy, an environment under siege, and an ideology... More »

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China • power • growth • population • Chinese economy • Kung Fu Panda

 New Orleans
 Is Fastest
 Growing City 

Population growing fast, but still way down from pre-Katrina levels

Jul 10, 08 12:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - New Orleans is the fastest-growing city in the US, the Census Bureau reports, but not fast enough to regain more than half of its size before Hurricane Katrina. Between July 2006 and July 2007, the Big Easy’s population jumped 13.8%, more than any other major city, the Times ... More »

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Hurricane Katrina • New Orleans • Census Bureau • population • cities • Census data

Phone Data Used to Map Human Activity

Study, outside US,
finds ingrained habits, raises privacy issues

Jun 4, 08 3:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Researchers using mobile-phone data to study patterns of human movement find that we're quite creatures of habit, the BBC reports. The 100,000 randomly selected subjects—outside the US, where such tracking would be illegal, the AP notes—remained mostly in the same small area, traveling less than 6½ miles... More »

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cell phones • economics • research • population • avian flu • human population

 In Japan, Elders Outnumber Kids 

Too many senior citizens, not enough children means trouble ahead

May 6, 08 1:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Monday was Children’s Day in Japan, but the holiday has a bitter irony in a land where the number of children has been waning for 27 years. Kids account for only 13.5% of Japan’s population, while the elderly make up 22%, the Washington Post reports. More »

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elderly • Japan • children • population • birth rate • demographics

Hispanics Hit 15% of US Population

High birth rate a big
asset to the economy as workforce ages

May 1, 08 1:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - The US Hispanic population is booming, driven more by a high birth rate among those already in the country than immigration, the Census Bureau says. Since 2000, Latinos have jumped from 12.6% to more than 15% of the total population—swelling their numbers to 45.5 million from 35.... More »

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population • US Census • Hispanic • the Hispanic vote • Census data

 Muslims Outnumber
 Catholics: Vatican 

Islam is world's biggest religion with 1.3B members

Mar 30, 08 4:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Islam has topped Roman Catholicism as the world's biggest religion for the first time, the Vatican said today. About 1.1 billion people are still Catholic, but Muslims have pulled ahead with 1.3 billion members. “For the first time in history we are no longer at the top:... More »

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Islam • Muslims • religion • Vatican • population • Catholicism • Catholics

Shining Sun Belt Beckons to Rust Belt's Weary

Southern populations, particularly in Texas, continue to explode

Mar 27, 08 8:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Americans are continuing to flock to the Sun Belt, reports the AP. Almost all of the 50 fastest-growing metro areas in 2006 and 2007 were in the South and West, and four of the top 10 were in Texas. None were in the Northeast. Experts say the Sun Belt's strong... More »

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Texas • Atlanta • Southwest • Arizona • housing market • Detroit • Dallas • migration • population • cities • Sun Belt • Rust Belt

China Hangs Onto 1-Child Policy

Country fears growth boom if rule is rescinded

Mar 10, 08 6:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - China will keep up its one-child policy over the next decade as nearly 200 million citizens reach child-bearing age, CNN reports. "Given such a large population base, there would be major fluctuations in population growth if we abandoned the one-child rule now," said the country's family planning minister,... More »

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China • fertility • population • birth rate • population control • baby boom • one child policy • overpopulation • fines

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