Posted on 05/20/2020 8:42:56 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
The number of children born in the United States has hit its lowest level in 35 years, according to new federal data, as demographers worry that a baby bust that emerged after the Great Recession is becoming permanent.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in a report Wednesday that 3.7 million children were born in the U.S. last year, down 1 percent from 2018 and the lowest total number of births since 1985.
Birth rates dropped among women of virtually every age and race group, though they rose among women in their early 40s, the CDC found. Birth rates among teenagers dropped substantially, hitting record lows. The rate of teenagers giving birth has dropped by a whopping 60 percent since 2007, and by 73 percent since 1991.
Since the recession, the birth rate has risen year-over-year only once, in 2014. Now, demographers tracking the declining birth rate say the trend is beginning to look like a longer-term pattern.
"The fact that births and fertility continued to decline in 2019 despite the booming economy suggests that this is a permanent shift to a lower fertility regime in the U.S.," said Cheryl Russell, a demographer and contributing editor to the journal American Demographics.
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You know what that means...
'We need more immigrants'
Bet there will be a lot of births in 7-9 months from now.
I’d like to compare the birth rate with the pregnancy rate.
wait 8-9 months from now (lockdown)
Yup.
This is what happens when a nation adopts abortion, homosexuality and Globalism as its main principles.
The citizenry is just extinguished, to be replaced by the newly favored foreigners.
Bill and Melinda still fly around in their his’n’hers Gulfstreams, smirking about the Little People struggling to feed one kid.
I’m 52 and have 4 kids. I can’t think of hardly a person I know that has 4 kids or more.
I think the greatest factor for declining birth rate is abortion and birth control medicine. People “will have a baby when the time and finances are RIGHT”
LOL, 3 of my 4 kids were born/conceived during hard times for me.
Baby or BMW she asks herself... I can wait another year for a baby I think....
Unfortunately, unlikely. Abortion centers were declared essential services in many states, and you can order abortion drugs delivered via mail in many more after a “telemedicine” consultation.
Teenage pregnancy rates SHOULD be lower.
LOL...why didn’t I think of that...so true!
Ping, you had a interesting take on an earlier thread...
We decided to stop at 2.
Having kids is expensive.
And I was NOT going to go through another birth experience with my wife again.
It will pick up in about 8-9 months due to the “Stay at Home” orders.
It is too expensive to raise kids through college now-a-days. And young families are mobile, don’t always live close to their parents, so baby sitting and day care is another expense.
1900 76,212,168
1910 92,228,496
1920 106,021,537
1930 123,202,624
1940 132,164,569
1950 151,325,798
1960 179,323,175
1970 203,211,926
1980 226,545,805
1990 248,709,873
2000 281,421,906
2010 308,745,538
2020 332,639,000
What did I say? Can’t remember. About the demasculating effect of covid?
Well we finally did it, peak toilet paper.
You’re right. I forgot The Pill. And Women’s Lib.
Djerassi recently said he wished he had not invented it as he saw the destruction of the family that resulted.
The Liberated Women who will end up as barren crones waiting out their lives in some run down “care facility” in the Mojave Desert will become an object lesson for the remnant younger generation. But they will be saturated with “don’t worry! live now, pay later!” messages...which won’t include Dying Alone. And irrelevant.
How many ancient civilizations figured this out over thousands of years? More then a few. We’re descended from them. But being much bigger Smarty Pants, we knew better...hah
How many did we kill this year?
Four children is unusual in today’s world. 62 and 7 kids, 11 grandchildren so far. One daughter has 5 and that’s all for her. One son has 3 but not done. Oldest daughter has 2 sons but likely no more due to health issues. Another daughter has one and wants more. Other three still have lots of time, but doubt any will have more than 3.
Keep a close eye on the birth stats,there may be coronavirus or quarantine babies in the next 7-9 months being born.
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