demographic

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As the Journal noted about demographic forecasts from the late 1960s:

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

Russia is in the midst of a demographic crisis, with fertility rates at 1.4 children per woman, far below the 2.1 threshold that demographers say is needed to keep the population at its current level.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

The study comes as Americans are living longer and more than 10,000 people are turning 65 every day through 2027, in a demographic bubble known as “Peak 65.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

These volatile, double-digit voting shifts directly contrast more stable voting patterns among other major demographic groups, including the Black and white electorates, where shifts from cycle to cycle tend to be just a few points.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2026

Today you are more likely to find commentary on their “disappearance,” either as a supposed demographic reality or as a shortcoming of the middle-class imagination.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich