‘Baby Bonus’: Records lower in US fertility rate 2024; Government pushed IVF, cash perk to reverse trend
According to the new data released by the CDC on Thursday, the fertility rate in the United States fell at its lowest point in history in 2024, lower than just 1.6 children per woman. This rate is below the replacement level of 2.1 and now sits close to many Western European countries. It marks the latest point in a stable two decades fall. In 2007, the US was with a replacement-level fertility rate in some developed countries. But this changed because more women started choosing to delay delivery or not have children.
‘Baby Bonus’
Concerned by the drop, the Trump administration has taken steps to reverse the trend. These include an executive order to expand access to these vitro fertilization and the purpose of proposals for “child’s bonus” is to encourage the couple to children. But demographics suspect. Carolina Population Center Director Karen Guzo told NBC News, “Birth rates are generally declining for women in most age groups and are unlikely to change in the near future.” He said that people are delaying marriage and are often worried about whether they can tolerate children.
Population rising
Despite the low fertility rate, experts say there is no reason for alarm. Leslie Root, a researcher from a university in Colorado, said that it is part of the delivery delay. “We know that the American population is still growing, and we still have a natural growth, more birth than death,” he said.
Still rate is low
The total number of births in 2024 actually increased slightly – around 33,000. But due to updated census estimates, the overall birth rate has still declined. CDC officials said the renovation data did not show any real change in birth rates for women in the late 30s and the rates for those declined for those in the early 20 and 30s.
