As the Trump administration renews its focus on declining birth rates in the U.S., new data from the Centers for Disease ...

The fertility rate last year – 54.6 births for every 1,000 women of reproductive age – increased less than 1% from the record low in 2023, hovering well below rates from years earlier.

The fertility rate, approximately 1.6 births per woman ... and out-of-reach homeownership — and a general sense of instability in the world are likely to be playing a big role in Americans ...