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Save to My Portfolio2011 Puts the Brakes on Population Growth in the United States

William H. Frey, December 28, 2011, The Brookings Institution

2011 Puts the Brakes on Population Growth in the United StatesThe U.S. population grew more slowly last year than in any year since 1945, writes William H. Frey, reflecting a weak labor market and an aging population. The slowdown spread to more states, affecting previously stable growers like Georgia, North Carolina, Colorado, and Texas. Read More

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Save to My PortfolioAmerica's Future Defined by Diversity

William H. Frey, December 20, 2011

America's Future Defined by DiversityThe 2010 Census reveals that America is a nation on the precipice of immense change, says William Frey. The data tell us that our aging population will give way to the most diverse generation of Americans to date.

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Save to My PortfolioFive Things the Census Revealed About America in 2011

William H. Frey, Alan Berube, Audrey Singer and Jill Wilson, December 20, 2011, TIME.com

Data from the Census Bureau released in 2011 show the huge demographic changes taking shape across the United States. In this slideshow, experts from the Metropolitan Policy Program look back at analyses from the past year, highlighting decreases in domestic mobility and economic opportunity, along with significant growth in both the aging and ethnic minority populations. Read More

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Save to My PortfolioCensus Data Show Americans Are Still Stuck at Home

William H. Frey, November 17, 2011, The Brookings Institution

Census Data Show Americans Are Still Stuck at HomeWill the sharp slide in America’s migration rates ever end? William H. Frey analyzes recently released Census statistics which show that the country’s great migration slowdown is broadening — especially among college graduates and young adults. However, as Frey notes, modestly growing coastal and industrial states are losing fewer residents. Read More

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Save to My PortfolioYoung Adults Choose "Cool Cities" During Recession

William H. Frey, October 28, 2011, The Brookings Institution

Young Adults Choose As the Occupy Wall Street movement focuses attention on the plight of unemployed young adults, William H. Frey analyzes new Census statistics on migration and shows that during the down economy many have gravitated to a select group of metro areas with modestly growing economies and a strong youth cachet. Read More

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Save to My PortfolioWhy the Immigration Uproar Went Nationwide

Audrey Singer and Jill H. Wilson, October 24, 2011, CNN.com

Audrey Singer and Jill Wilson explore why the debate around immigration reform has been especially rancorous during the past few years. The authors examine the varied approaches to reform among different states, with states such as Alabama passing tough immigration laws as others pass laws to draw immigrants in. Read More

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Save to My PortfolioImmigrant Populations in the Metropolitan United States

Audrey Singer, October 24, 2011, National Immigrant Integration Conference

In a keynote presentation to the National Immigrant Integration Conference in Seattle, Audrey Singer examines national and metropolitan immigration trends in the first decade of the 21st century, a time when swift demographic change, congressional inaction, and economic turmoil have led to a patchwork of state and local approaches to immigration. Read More

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Save to My PortfolioParsing U.S. Poverty at the Metropolitan Level

Alan Berube and Elizabeth Kneebone, September 22, 2011, The Avenue, The New Republic

Parsing U.S. Poverty at the Metropolitan LevelData from the 2010 American Community Survey, released today by the Census Bureau, show increases in poverty and declines in income across the United States. Alan Berube and Elizabeth Kneebone analyze the data and note significant trends affecting the country’s largest 100 metropolitan areas, and their cities and suburbs. Read More

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Save to My PortfolioPoverty and Income in 2010: A Look at the New Census Data and What the Numbers Mean

Tuesday, September 13, 2011
2:30 PM to 4:00 PM
Washington, DC

Reuters/Shannon StapletonOn September 13, the day the Census Bureau's latest poverty report was released, the Center on Children and Families at Brookings held its ninth annual briefing to discuss the new figures and their implications for families and policymakers. Read More

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Save to My PortfolioThe New Metropolitan Minority Map: Regional Shifts in Hispanics, Asians, and Blacks from Census 2010

William H. Frey, August 31, 2011, The Brookings Institution

The 2010 Census shows that the first decade of the 21st century was pivotal for racial and ethnic change in the United States. William H. Frey finds that the rapid growth of Hispanic and Asian origin groups and internal shifts of African Americans are transforming the racial and ethnic demographic profiles of America’s largest metropolitan areas. Read More

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Save to My PortfolioThe State of Metropolitan America: Suburbs and the 2010 Census

Alan Berube, July 14, 2011, Suburbs and the 2010 Census: National Conference

During a conference exploring the 2010 Census and U.S. suburbs, Alan Berube delivered a presentation on the demographic convergence between cities and suburbs within metropolitan areas. Berube explored the socioeconomic, ethnic, and age-related shifts affecting the country’s suburban areas. Read More

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Save to My PortfolioThe Uneven Aging and "Younging" of America: State and Metropolitan Trends in the 2010 Census

William H. Frey, June 28, 2011, The Brookings Institution

The Uneven Aging and America is beginning to show its age as the baby boom generation advances toward full-fledged seniorhood. In a new analysis of 2010 Census data, William Frey finds that the pace of this aging will vary widely across the national landscape due to noticeable geographic shifts in the younger population, with implications for health care, transportation, and housing—and possible impacts on our ability to forge societal consensus. Read More

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Save to My PortfolioMelting Pot Cities and Suburbs: Racial and Ethnic Change in Metro America in the 2000s

William H. Frey, May 04, 2011, The Brookings Institution

Due to a reduction of white flight, increased black suburbanization, and a greater Hispanic presence in cities and suburbs, metropolitan populations are becoming increasingly multi-hued.  As described in William Frey’s analysis of Census 2010, this dissolution of stereotypes holds important implications for social service providers, which now need to serve people with different cultural and linguistic backgrounds, and politicians, who can no longer rely upon demographically homogenous voting blocs. Read More

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Save to My Portfolio@ Brookings Podcast: Redistricting for Political Gains

Thomas E. Mann, April 29, 2011

@ Brookings Podcast: Redistricting for Political GainsThe redrawing of congressional districts that follows the census is an exercise in pure politics, says expert Thomas Mann. As a result, a state's representation in Congress often bears little relation to the actual partisan makeup of its population, he says.

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Save to My PortfolioCensus Shows Challenge of America's Children

William H. Frey, April 08, 2011, The Avenue, The New Republic

Census Shows Challenge of America's ChildrenAccording to Census 2010 data, the child population in many states and metropolitan areas has declined. William Frey analyzes this trend and what it could mean for communities and education systems throughout the United States. Read More

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Vanda Felbab-BrownExpertVanda Felbab-Brown

Vanda Felbab-Brown focuses on the national security implications of illicit economies and strategies for managing them. She is the author of Shooting Up: Counterinsurgency and the War on Drugs (Brookings Institution Press, 2009).

Robert KaganExpertRobert Kagan

Robert Kagan is an expert and frequent commentator on Egypt, the Middle East, U.S. national security, and U.S.-European relations. He writes a monthly column on world affairs for the Washington Post and is a contributing editor at the Weekly Standard and the New Republic.

Darrell M. WestExpertDarrell M. West

Darrell M. West is vice president and director of Governance Studies and founding director of the Center for Technology Innovation at Brookings. His studies include technology policy, electronic government, and mass media.

Energy and ClimateTopicEnergy and Climate

What will it take to mitigate severe climate disruption? What should our priorities be in the relationship between fresh water and climate change? What will it take to help vulnerable countries and regions adapt to change already taking place?

Global ChangeTopicGlobal Change

How do we develop more realistic approaches and more effective means of ending intractable old conflicts and preventing new ones? How do we enhance measures to thwart nonstate actors—especially terrorists and illicit traffickers—and prevent the spread of nuclear weapons?

Growth through InnovationTopicGrowth through Innovation

What new practices and mechanisms will help prevent another economic downturn from turning into a financial panic that could become a truly global meltdown? What changes in the public and private sectors will build the workforce and infrastructure required for a global information-based economy?

Opportunity and Well-beingTopicOpportunity and Well-being

As they weather the current economic storm, will our governments and societies address the basic needs and aspirations of the least well-off? How can we better use education to raise individual aspirations? How should governments around the world accelerate preparations to provide social services for the billions moving from poverty into the middle class?

Center for Technology InnovationPolicy CenterCenter for Technology Innovation

The Center for Technology Innovation is at the forefront of shaping public debate on technology innovation and developing data-driven scholarship to enhance understanding of technology’s legal, economic, social, and governance ramifications.

John L. Thornton China CenterPolicy CenterJohn L. Thornton China Center

The John L. Thornton China Center develops analysis and policy recommendations to help address key long-term challenges, both in terms of U.S.-China relations and China's internal development.

Daniel KaufmannExpertDaniel Kaufmann

Daniel Kaufmann was previously the director at the World Bank Institute, leading the work on governance and anti-corruption. His areas of expertise are public sector and regulatory reform, development, governance and anti-corruption.

Mwangi S. KimenyiExpertMwangi S. Kimenyi

Mwangi S. Kimenyi is senior fellow and director of the Africa Growth Initiative. The founding executive director of the Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (1999-2005), he focuses on Africa's development including institutions for economic growth, political economy, and private sector development.

Donald KohnExpertDonald Kohn

Donald Kohn is a 40-year veteran of the Federal Reserve System and served as vice chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve from 2006 to 2010. He was recently appointed by the government of the United Kingdom and the Bank of England to serve on its interim Financial Policy Committee. Kohn focuses on issues of monetary policy, financial regulation and macroeconomics.

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Shadi HamidExpertShadi Hamid

Shadi Hamid focuses on Islamist political parties and democratic reform in the Middle East. Prior to joining Brookings, he was Director of Research at the Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED) and a Hewlett Fellow at Stanford University’s Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law.

Katherine SierraExpertKatherine Sierra

Katherine Sierra is a senior fellow in the Global Economy and Development program. A former vice president for sustainable development at the World Bank, she focuses on climate change and energy.

State of Metropolitan AmericaMetropolitan Policy ProgramState of Metropolitan America

Foreshadowing 2010 Census results, this new Brookings report and interactive map defines who Americans are—and who they are becoming—in the face of continued growth, population aging and diversification, uneven educational attainment and income polarization.

Center on Children and FamiliesPolicy CenterCenter on Children and Families

The Center on Children and Families studies policies on the well-being of America's children and their parents and seeks a more effective means of addressing poverty, inequality and lack of opportunity in the United States.

William G. GaleExpertWilliam G. Gale

Bill Gale, the Arjay and Frances Miller Chair in Federal Economic Policy in the Economic Studies Program at Brookings, is an expert on tax policy, fiscal issues, pensions, and saving behavior. He is also co-director of the Tax Policy Center and director of the Retirement Security Project.

Suzanne MaloneyExpertSuzanne Maloney

Suzanne Maloney studies Iran, the political economy of the Persian Gulf and Middle East energy policy. A former U.S. State Department policy advisor, she has also counseled private companies on Middle East issues.

Africa Growth InitiativeResearch ProjectAfrica Growth Initiative

The Africa Growth Initiative conducts high-quality policy research and analysis focused on attaining sustainable economic development and prosperity in Africa, while amplifying the voice of African researchers in policy-making and planning.

Alice M. RivlinExpertAlice M. Rivlin

In February 1975, the Congressional Budget Office was established with Alice Rivlin as its first director. Rivlin is an expert on urban issues as well as fiscal, monetary and social policy and directs the Greater Washington Research project at Brookings.

Isabel V. SawhillExpertIsabel V. Sawhill

A nationally known budget expert, Isabel Sawhill focuses on domestic poverty and federal fiscal policy. She is also co-director of the Center on Children and Families and the Budgeting for National Priorities Project at Brookings.

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The Budgeting for National Priorities project promotes greater fiscal responsibility by developing new ideas, educating the public and finding common ground among experts and policy-makers.