Americans have stopped having babies

by ParentCo. May 10, 2016

Years into the recovery, birth rates still haven’t reached their pre-recession levels and there is reason to believe they never will. In 2014, America produced only 62.9 babies per 1,000 fertile-age women. At this rate, America’s population will start to shrink.
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