The Daily Yonder: Economic Pressures on Birth Rates and Migration Caused Rural Population Loss
Ken Johnson
Friday, February 25, 2022
Image of a map of the U.S. population change

Map courtesy of The Daily Yonder

An overall decline in the number of people residing in rural U.S. counties, accompanied by more deaths and fewer births, can be explained by difficult economic conditions, according to Carsey School Senior Demographer Ken Johnson in a recent article from The Daily Yonder.

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