Houston is booming, even as fertility rates fall
October 05, 2026
October 05, 2026
HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 5 -- Rice University posted the following news release:
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Houston is booming, even as fertility rates fall
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Houston keeps growing. New residents continue to arrive, neighborhoods are expanding and the region remains one of the nation's major population centers.
But Houston's population boom masks other trends that have been unfolding for more than two decades: Women here are having fewer children . . .
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Houston is booming, even as fertility rates fall
*
Houston keeps growing. New residents continue to arrive, neighborhoods are expanding and the region remains one of the nation's major population centers.
But Houston's population boom masks other trends that have been unfolding for more than two decades: Women here are having fewer children . . .