National Empty Nest Syndrome

Major cities across the country are losing children

The U.S. is experiencing an unprecedented baby drain, where our future generations are diminishing by the day as Millennials and Gen Z choose to have smaller families or none at all.

Many blue states’ population growth is entirely based on how many foreigners they can entice to come into their dominion with the promise of welfare and protection from ICE raids.

The only hope some states have is a future where Americans are outnumbered. Still, even mass immigration of more than a million a year is not enough to salvage the national depletion of children.

An image produced by Visual Capitalist, with research provided by Niccolo Conte, showed the nation’s population growth over the last two decades. It looked like, except for Detroit and Chicago, the nation’s population was growing at a healthy pace, but the mask was the decline of our country’s child population.

Further data, provided by Bobby Fijan, shows the change in population between 2005 and 2024 for several metro areas across the United States:

The kicker is that this is specifically for young children five years old and below. When focusing on families with young children, the population drain from some of America’s most famous cities becomes much more apparent.