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Births continued a historic slide in all but two states last year, making it clear that a brief post-pandemic uptick in the nation’s birth numbers was all about planned pregnancies
Having fewer births means lower state costs for services such as subsidized day care and public schools at a time when aging baby boomers are straining resources.
Only Tennessee and North Dakota had small increases in births from 2022 to 2023, according to a Stateline analysis of provisional federal data on births.
Births resumed a historic slide in all but two states last year, making it clear that pregnancies delayed by COVID-19 explain a brief uptick post pandemic.
This analysis explores factors behind families' decision to homeschool after the pandemic, given that public school enrollment losses are not fully explained by changes in population, charter school enrollment, or private school enrollment.