(NewsNation) — Women are having babies less often as the birth rate in the United States continues to decline ... The general fertility rate dropped 3% last year, reaching a record low of ...

The US fertility rate has been trending down for decades, with particularly steep dips after the Great Recession of 2008. An uptick in 2021 spurred theories about a Covid-19 “baby bump,” but ...

After years of ominous headlines about the world's shrinking birth rates, there's a bright spot. The US birth rate increased slightly in 2024, according to preliminary data from the CDC.

Thanks in part to millennials like me, the U.S. fertility rate dropped to a historic ... Take our poll below or send us an email with the subject line "Forum birth rate" to forum@usatoday.com.

Births in the United States dropped again between 2022 and 2023, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The national birth rate has been steadily ...

A declining birth rate is bad news for the economy. But Economics Professor Siobhan O’Keefe says there are no easy fixes for graying workforces.

The US birth rate grew by 1% in 2024, according to a new CDC report. Moms in their early 40s and late 30s experienced the biggest increases in births. Meanwhile, births declined the most among ...

(CNN) — Women in the United States are having babies less often, and the fertility rate reached a record low in 2023, according to data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.