Why aren't Americans having more babies ?

US fertility rate crashes to historic low as America heads for 'population crisis' by 2050.
The fertility rate in the US has plunged to another new low, with fewer women than at any point in history having children.
The rate was 54.5 births per 1,000 women of childbearing age (15 to 44 years old) last year, a three percent fall compared to 56 in 2022.
The number of babies born in the US also declined year-over-year, with just under 3.6million live births in 2023.
At the same time, immigration is soaring, with a record 2.6million immigrants coming to the US legally in 2022, and up to 14million people when accounting for illegal migration.
Experts say the US is headed for a so-called 'underpopulation crisis' by 2050, when too few people are born to support its current economic system.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13761685/US-fertility-rate-crashes-historic-low-America-underpopulated.html

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cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

Inflation and less hope for the future as it is. Plus it’s harder to own a home for younger couples or find affordable rentals

Nimbus · M

@cherokeepatti That's true Patti but how did they cope during the Great Depression?

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@Nimbus some didn’t survive but even then there were more people… a lot more living on small family farms or acreages where they could raise food or hunt or catch fish and trap rabbits, pick wild berries, nuts and greens. A lot of the green spaces where people are living are gone plus the population has expanded greatly