SSDAN Director William Frey released a report earlier this week which discusses population growth in metropolitan areas and how growth has changed from the 1980s to the late 2000s. As Frey explains, suburban growth has slowed considerably in areas that were once booming, such as Denver, Miami, and Las Vegas. Additionally, while areas of the Sun Belt and Snow Belt experienced rapid growth in the 1990s, this growth decelerated in the latter part of the 2000s. Interestingly, Frey also observed a “boom and bust” in counties “near the metropolitan fringe”. These areas experienced considerable growth from 2005-2006 but their growth rates declined by 2009-2010. The Hispanic population has also experienced changing growth trends from the 1980s.

A recent Data in the News post discusses an NPR article regarding the disproportionate number of Native American children in foster care.