Issues
Population counts. Demographic trends have important implications for policymakers. They affect everything from education to the environment to the economy. As the late Senator Daniel Moynihan put it, “There is simply nothing so important to a people and its government as how many of them there are, whether the number is growing or declining, how they are distributed between ages, sexes and different social classes and racial and ethnic groups and which way these numbers are moving.”
The Population Resource Center is dedicated to the collection and analysis of accurate demographic data, and the application of that data and analysis to the important public policy issues of our day. For each of the major issues affected today by demographic trends, we provide: 1) a summary of key facts and trends; 2) a discussion of their policy implications; and 3) a list of materials and resources available from PRC and other sources.
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Population Growth |
300 Million and Counting |
The 2010 Census |