The second GeoCurrents YouTube video has been posted, which examines the current debate between anti-natalists, who think that the world is severely overpopulated and therefore want to reduce birthrates, and pro-natalist, who are concerned about plunging fertility and therefore want to increase birthrates.   I do not take a side in this debate on this […] The post New Demography Video: Pro-Natalism vs. Anti-Natalism appeared first on GeoCurrents.

A recent GeoCurrents post on Utah’s declining birth rate included maps of the Total Fertility Rate (TFR) of the U.S. by state in 2008 and 2022. Comparing the state-by-state data from these two years yields a map of total fertility change during this period (posted below). As this map shows, the fertility drop was, in […] The post Declining Human Fertility and Urbanization in the United States appeared first on GeoCurrents.

I have long been a fan of the political cartography of the New York Times and have often used its maps in my courses and blog posts. But this year I am not so impressed. Consider, for example, the map detail that I have posted below, taken from a full-page cartographic exercise printed in today’s […] The post The New York Times Maps Trump as Having Defeated Biden in 2024 appeared first on GeoCurrents.

On the U.S. Total Fertility Rate (TFR) map of 2008, Utah clearly stands out. At the time, the state’s TFR was 2.60, well above the national average of 2.08. Utah’s relatively high birth rate has usually been linked to the demographic dominance of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), colloquially […] The post Utah’s Declining Fertility Rate and the Changing Mormon Church appeared first on GeoCurrents.