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.
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Many people are moving to the South (refugees from blue states and immigrants).
Otherwise there will be no news.
Most websites are behind a paywall nowadays.
I can easily tell you why this is so but it would be racis.
Old people should will their houses to Ukraine widows provided they bring 3 kids along. Add a grandparent to help out.
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
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.
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https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2026/vintage-2025-pop-estimates.html
The South will rise again!!
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.
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.
In more ways than one.
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.
Southern girls, with the way they talk, they knock me out when I’m down there.
Its illegal aliens. They flock here. 😤
All the southerners I know who were teenagers twenty years ago have two to four kids now and are married.
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