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Great Recession Pushes American Fertility Rate Below
Replacement Level

post from ThinkProgress on 14 August 2012 04:00:04 PM. © ThinkProgress

Likely due to the lingering effects of the Great Recession, America’s total fertility rate has fallen below the level necessary to keep the population stable. As the Economist noted, “in 2011 America?s fertility rate was below replacement level and below that of some large European countries. The American rate is now 1.9 and falling. France?s is 2.0 and stable. The rate in England is 2.0 and rising slightly.”