Overview
Immigration is now a significant demographic force in the United States. Since 2000, nearly 36 percent of the population growth in the U.S. has come from immigration. Immigration was once considered primarily an urban phenomenon, but recent Carsey research documents its growing impact on rural as well as urban areas. Immigration has broad policy implications and presents both challenges and opportunities for the many communities it influences. The Carsey focus on immigration seeks to carefully document the demographic changes fostered by immigration and to carefully consider the policy implications it has for both urban and rural communities.
Publications
National
- Rural Workers More Likely to Work Nontraditional Shifts (Saenz, 2009, Issue Brief No. 5)
- Population Growth in New Hispanic Destinations (Johnson and Lichter, 2008, Policy Brief No. 8)
- A Profile of Latinos in Rural America (Saenz, 2008, Fact Sheet No. 10)
- New Immigrant Settlements in Rural America (Jensen, 2006, Reports on Rural America, Volume 1, Number 3)
- Demographic Trends in Rural and Small Town America (Johnson, 2006, Reports on Rural America, Volume 1, Number 1)
New England
- Demographic Trends in the Manchester-Nashua Metropolitan Area (Johnson and Macieski, 2009, New England Issue Brief No. 16)
- Profile of New Hampshire's Foreign-born Population (Gittell and Lord, 2008, New England Issue Brief No. 8)
- The Changing Faces of New England (Johnson, 2008, Reports on New England, Volume 1, Number 2)
- The Changing Faces of New Hampshire (Johnson, 2007, Reports on New England, Volume 1, Number 1)
- New Faces at the Polls for New Hampshire Presidential Primary (Johnson, 2007, New England Fact Sheet No. 2)
Selected current projects
Community & Environment in Rural America (CERA)
Challenged by a history of cycles of economic boom and bust, rural America is today confronted by globalization, resource depletion, changing demographics, new land use patterns, rising energy costs, and climate change. Carsey’s interdisciplinary CERA program uses over 10,000 household interviews from the UNH Survey Center to build knowledge of the socio-economic conditions, natural resource changes, and policy opportunities to sustain rural communities and ecosystems. The work includes solid, active partnerships with community development practitioners and community foundations across rural America.