Jonathan Burkham

Population geographer, lower-case liberal, dad

[Ted Alcorn @TedAlcorn]

With data from @nytimes API, I analyzed all national+local coverage since 2000—224K articles— to see which topics in each state get covered out of proportion to the rest of the country. A portrait of how the paper of record sees America, one state per tweet, alphabetical. 👇

[Jonathan Burkham @profburkham]

@RCPolitics Trump entered politics aggressively peddling a racist lie that Obama wasn’t born in the US. That makes this roast both fair and funnier.

[Jonathan Burkham @profburkham]

Just another manufacturing town reliant on immigrant labor. And it’s good for the native born population too!

The Town That Reveals All of Trump’s Bad Economic Ideas https://t.co/uEmcM9TjuL via @NYTOpinion.

[Jonathan Burkham @profburkham]

@NumbersUSA @LindseyGrahamSC @SenTedCruz @tedcruz @BasedMikeLee @SenTedBuddNC @VoteMarsha @SenatorBanks How very un-American of them….I mean, the nine Senators.

[Allen Orr Jr. Esq. @allenorresq]

Immigration Decline Harming Growth, Not Benefitting U.S. Workers https://t.co/hxqYlTeNrV

[Richard Hanania @RichardHanania]

So damn inspiring.

[Bloomsbury Academic @BloomsburyAcad]

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@KenDavidoff @mandarinhal @profburkham

[Jonathan Burkham @profburkham]

@CIS_org My family lives in Milwaukee where all kids in the public school district have access to free school lunches, so I guess I'm a welfare recipient by your measure.

[Jonathan Burkham @profburkham]

@CIS_org It looks like subsidized health care for children, and free school lunches (which are available to all children in many big cities) are the most common forms of "welfare." Yet, those children, on average, grow up to be positive net contributors. What's the problem?

[Jonathan Burkham @profburkham]

@mattyglesias I heavily cited "One Billion Americans" in my recently released book. I think you'll like it: https://t.co/kQr3ifhzva

[Jonathan Burkham @profburkham]

Not that controversial, actually…https://t.co/05DZhYQsaP

[Bloomsbury Politics & Area Studies @BloomsburyPol]

Out today: 'Migrant Midwest'

With the native-born population steeply declining across much of the American Midwest, Burkham proposes changes to the channels of legal migration to restore the region's economies and communities.

📘Get your copy: https://t.co/YU1rMY8yRZ

[NFAPResearch @NFAPResearch]

“New studies have concluded the US would prosper by welcoming more immigrants rather than reducing their entry and engaging in mass deportation. US-born workers did not benefit from a decline in foreign-born workers in 2025.” @David_J_Bier @nickgillespie https://t.co/ph0aEQdG3N

[Jonathan Burkham @profburkham]

@DHSgov yet, crime rates when down during this period, including in cities that took in many immigrants

[Jonathan Burkham @profburkham]

My book on immigration in the Midwest comes out today! It's a quick read on a timely topic.
https://t.co/kQr3ifhzva

[Jonathan Burkham @profburkham]

Wisconsin population growth slows as international migration shrinks by more than half https://t.co/9Q7qCQnSzM via @journalsentinel

[Jonathan Burkham @profburkham]

@DHSgov The homicide rate plummeted during the Biden era migrant surge.

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

Crime is decreasing across the country despite a police-staffing crisis, Henry Grabar reports. He explores what might be responsible for the trend: https://t.co/ap0aIJF14y

[Jonathan Burkham @profburkham]

Reducing the flow of international students will cost American students, financially and culturally. https://t.co/VLAVDZnFPy

[Austin Kocher, PhD @ackocher]

JD Vance keeps blaming immigrants for the housing crisis, but Prof. @rahimkurwa argues that the Trump administration’s anti-immigrant housing policy reflects a long history of xenophobia in public housing. Great research-driven essay at @ConversationUS.

https://t.co/6CXUvnoYUE