The United States is on an unsustainable demographic path. For decades, fertility in the U.S. has been below replacement, defined as the level of fertility that is theoretically necessary for a ...

Michigan had the 17th-lowest fertility rate among all 50 states last year. Michigan’s general fertility rate last year was 51 ...

The total fertility rate in the United States – the estimated number of children that the average woman will have in her lifetime, based on present trends – has generally declined over the past two ...

Over the past year, many news outlets have reported that the birth rate in the United States has hit an all-time low. This trend has led some experts to worry about the economic consequences of a ...

With few exceptions, birth rates are falling worldwide. What does this mean? Put simply, the fertility rate describes the average number of children a woman is expected to have over the course of her ...