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The South is escaping America's youth implosion
Axios ^ | Russell Contreras

Posted on 06/25/2026 9:58:15 AM PDT by TexasKamaAina

America's child population fell by 1.8 million from 2020 to 2025 — with the under-18 population shrinking in every region but the South.

(Excerpt) Read more at axios.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: demographics
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From personal observation, I think this is due to young couples having 2-3 children and in-migration of young families.
1 posted on 06/25/2026 9:58:15 AM PDT by TexasKamaAina
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To: TexasKamaAina

Sign up for Axios Closer to continue reading for free.

Why post from sources that require you to sign up.


2 posted on 06/25/2026 10:04:10 AM PDT by Steven Scharf
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To: TexasKamaAina

Many people are moving to the South (refugees from blue states and immigrants).


3 posted on 06/25/2026 10:05:32 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: Steven Scharf
Why post from sources that require you to sign up.

Otherwise there will be no news.

Most websites are behind a paywall nowadays.

4 posted on 06/25/2026 10:06:38 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: TexasKamaAina

I can easily tell you why this is so but it would be racis.


5 posted on 06/25/2026 10:06:58 AM PDT by Sequoyah101 (Opinions and belly buttons, everybody has one and they get to show them if they want to.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Old people should will their houses to Ukraine widows provided they bring 3 kids along. Add a grandparent to help out.


6 posted on 06/25/2026 10:07:19 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: TexasKamaAina

Here is a clue right on the same web page as your article.

https://www.axios.com/2026/06/13/americas-schools-white-students-minority-latinos


7 posted on 06/25/2026 10:08:12 AM PDT by Sequoyah101 (Opinions and belly buttons, everybody has one and they get to show them if they want to.)
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To: Steven Scharf

The direct source

Populations in All Age Groups Growing in the South, Driven by Outlying Counties in Metro Areas
June 25, 2026
Press Release Number: CB26-105
JUNE 25, 2026 – All age groups in the South grew faster than in any other region from 2020 to 2025, primarily fueled by outlying metro counties, according to new Vintage 2025 estimates released today by the U.S. Census Bureau.

Many counties across the country saw slower growth in the past year, but those in the South were less affected. In fact, the region has had most of the nation’s fastest‑growing counties every year since 2020.

New data released today for all counties in the United States and Puerto Rico provide a closer look at what age groups were driving the growth of U.S. counties across different stages of life: childhood (0-17), young adulthood and higher education (18-24), early work and family-building years (25-44), midlife (45-64), and retirement (65 and older).

“Regional age patterns are changing for a few key reasons,” said Lauren Bowers, chief of the Census Bureau’s Population Estimates branch. “The continued transition of baby boomers into retirement age, compounded by local migration and fertility patterns, is shifting the demographic makeup of the country. The South stands out because it is seeing population gains in age groups that in other regions saw little change or are declining, reflecting its strong positive migration patterns this decade.”

Between April 1, 2020, and July 1, 2025, the South grew by 6.0%, nearly double the nation’s 3.1% population growth. It was the only region to see population growth in all five age groups, outpacing the other regions within each age group.

. . .

https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2026/vintage-2025-pop-estimates.html


8 posted on 06/25/2026 10:21:52 AM PDT by Steven Scharf
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To: TexasKamaAina

The South will rise again!!


9 posted on 06/25/2026 10:33:36 AM PDT by Persevero (You cannot comply your way out of tyranny. )
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To: TexasKamaAina

Well, all fourteen of my grandkids are southern born. Even though my kids were all born on the west coast… they took off for more hospitable places and I will soon join them.


10 posted on 06/25/2026 10:35:05 AM PDT by Persevero (You cannot comply your way out of tyranny. )
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To: TexasKamaAina

But the root reasons, IMO, are a greater adherence to Biblical values, and greater economic freedom, resulting in a more positive outlook on the future.


11 posted on 06/25/2026 10:55:03 AM PDT by Eccl 10:2 (Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding")
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To: Persevero

In more ways than one.


12 posted on 06/25/2026 11:02:08 AM PDT by P8riot (You will never know Jesus Christ as a reality in your life until you know Him as a necessity.)
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To: Sequoyah101

I see it easily - FAR more conservative, heterosexual marriages, lower cost of living, traditional values.

ALL of those add up to more children per couple.

IT’s not so much unmarried inner-city births, or accrediting it to hispanics. Although in GA, which monitors employment pretty strictly, most hispanics here are working folks, remarkably traditional family values. And yes they have multiple children ... that they raise well.

I have visited classrooms here in HAll county in some elementary schools where 80+% of the kids are hispanic. They are well-behaved and well-dressed. PArents very involved.

Your mileage may vary.


13 posted on 06/25/2026 11:03:21 AM PDT by Blueflag (To not carry is to choose to be defenseless.)
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To: Persevero

Southern girls, with the way they talk, they knock me out when I’m down there.


14 posted on 06/25/2026 11:59:26 AM PDT by MikelTackNailer (We no see your cat. Go bother some other Chinese restaurant.)
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To: TexasKamaAina

Its illegal aliens. They flock here. 😤


15 posted on 06/25/2026 1:13:02 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: TexasKamaAina

All the southerners I know who were teenagers twenty years ago have two to four kids now and are married.


16 posted on 06/25/2026 1:41:18 PM PDT by TalBlack (Their god is government. Prepare for a religious war.https://freerepublic.com/perl/post?id=4322961%2)
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To: Persevero
Save your Confederate money for The South will rise again!!
17 posted on 06/25/2026 2:21:05 PM PDT by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump )
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