"The net result is a demographic perfect storm... outmigration, fewer young adults to have children, and lower fertility among those few young women who remain."
"Net migration losses, particularly of young adults, that have been sustained for several decades, are more influential in fostering depopulation."
"The total fertility rate in the US fell to 1.62 births per woman in 2023, the lowest rate since the government began tracking this data in the 1930s."
"For populations to stay the same size, a region or a country must achieve a 'replacement level' fertility rate of at least 2.1 births per woman."
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