{"id":46804,"date":"2023-01-26T01:53:54","date_gmt":"2023-01-26T01:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brandon.ddtest.info\/multisite-test\/millennials-and-gen-z-wont-have-enough-kids-to-sustain-americas-population-and-its-up-to-immigrants-to-make-up-the-deficit\/"},"modified":"2023-01-26T01:53:54","modified_gmt":"2023-01-26T01:53:54","slug":"millennials-and-gen-z-wont-have-enough-kids-to-sustain-americas-population-and-its-up-to-immigrants-to-make-up-the-deficit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.brandon.ddtest.info\/multisite-test\/millennials-and-gen-z-wont-have-enough-kids-to-sustain-americas-population-and-its-up-to-immigrants-to-make-up-the-deficit\/","title":{"rendered":"Millennials and Gen Z won’t have enough kids to sustain America’s population\u2014and it’s up to immigrants to make up the deficit"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Millennials and Gen Z are less enthusiastic about having children<\/a> than their parents. The reasons are many: financial, social, and biological, along with the preference among younger generations for \u201cfreedom<\/a>.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

America\u2019s falling fertility rates have been a cause for concern for several decades. During the Great Recession in 2008, millennials delayed marriage and having children, causing fertility rates to drop<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Then, early in the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a short-lived \u201cbaby bust<\/a>,\u201d when conceptions fell slightly. Months later, the rates rebounded but were inconsequential compared to the huge number of daily deaths.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Over the next few decades, demographers expect the population growth to decline further. But there\u2019s one hope for increasing the U.S. population: immigrants.<\/p>\n

A report by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released Tuesday<\/a> predicts that the nation\u2019s population will near 373 million by 2053, up by almost 3 million from CBO estimates a year ago. The difference? An increase in immigrants over the next three decades.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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