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Jan 17, 2025 | 
brookings.edu | William H. Frey
As many Americans focus on President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, his Day 1 pronouncements, and the policies he plans to introduce, one question is: Will these actions recognize key demographic shifts occuring across the nation, or will they cater mostly to his MAGA base? In light of President-elect Trump’s sensational campaign rhetoric, his administration is likely to begin implementing policies such as mass deportations and abolishment of diversity initiatives.
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Jan 6, 2025 | 
brookings.edu | William H. Frey
Home Immigration drives the nation’s healthy post-pandemic population growth, new census data show Immigration continues to invoke heated debates, particularly in light of the incoming Trump administration’s proposed policies regarding immigration control and deportations, which could sharply reduce immigrant gains for the U.S. population.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
brookings.edu | Manann Donoghoe |William H. Frey |Annelies Goger |Joseph Kane
As Election Day unfolded, speculation swirled about what a new administration in Washington might mean for cities, metropolitan areas, and communities across the nation. Over the past four years, President Biden’s administration ushered in unprecedented federal investments in industries, infrastructure, clean energy, and more. Now, the election results offer a clearer sense of the future for the place-based, locally led solutions that state and local leaders have championed in recent years.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
brookings.edu | William H. Frey
Analyses of 2024 election exit polls, particularly by Republican-leaning pundits, are making the claim that President-elect Donald Trump’s strong showing has transformed his party’s base into a new, powerful multiracial coalition.
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Aug 5, 2024 | 
brookings.edu | William H. Frey
The nomination of Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic presidential candidate has shaken up the race in ways that have yet to fully play out. However, given the fact that she could become the first woman U.S. president, it is surely worthwhile to consider the role of the women’s vote in November’s election.
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Jul 24, 2024 | 
brookings.edu | William H. Frey
Last month, the Census Bureau released new data for geographic areas which provide a glimpse of how the nation’s population has been changing over the first third of the 2020s decade. It emphasizes that people of color are the main drivers of population growth for the nation as well as shifts across states, metropolitan areas and counties.
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Jun 7, 2024 | 
edwardconard.com | Michael Cembalest |William H. Frey |Scott Patterson |Nate Moore
Michael Cembalest @jpmorgan notes that since 2005 the value of sports franchises has significantly outpaced the S&P 500; franchises are currently richly valued, trading at 5-12x sales relative to ~3x sales for the S&P 500. Forbes constructs a valuation index for each league. As shown on the left, these indexes have substantially eclipsed the S&P500 since 2005.
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Jun 6, 2024 | 
brookings.edu | William H. Frey
IntroductionBack in the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic, several commentators began to promote the “urban doom loop” theory, suggesting that the demographic and economic vibrancy of big cities would continue to wane. This perspective arose in reaction to the pandemic-related exodus of residents from such cities, the rise of video conferencing platforms such as Zoom, and an abatement of city living.
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May 7, 2024 | 
brookings.edu | William H. Frey |Chiraag Bains |Andre Perry |Robert Maxim
Twenty-seven years since the last revision in 1997, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has altered its Statistical Policy Directive No. 15 (SPD 15)—providing a much-needed update in the standards for defining race and ethnic categories for use in data collection across all government agencies. The revised standards are not perfect, and OMB promises to continue monitoring their use.
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Apr 15, 2024 | 
brookings.edu | William H. Frey
The COVID-19 pandemic’s effects on urban population shifts have not completely subsided. But recently released Census Bureau estimates suggest a trend toward demographic revival for most of the nation’s largest metropolitan areas and urban core counties. Population losses in these places are subsiding and, in some cases, turning into gains that are approaching pre-pandemic levels.
