Report: more than a third of rural counties experienced long-term population loss over the past century - Entrepreneur Generations

Map by Carsey School of Public Policy at the University of New Hampshire

A little more than a third pf the nation's 1,948 rural counties lost population between 1900 to 2010, another third gained population, and the last third had a mixture of both, according to newly published research from the Carsey School of Public Policy at the University of New Hampshire.

Until World War II, most Americans lived in rural areas; compared to today's 15 percent. The 35 percent of counties that have experienced long-term, significant population loss now have about 6.2 million residents, a third less than in 1950. Depopulation mostly started with young adults moving to cities or suburbs; the slide in population continued because fewer women of childbearing age were left in rural areas to boost the population. Read the full report here.

from The Rural Blog http://bit.ly/2RMuiFh Report: more than a third of rural counties experienced long-term population loss over the past century - Entrepreneur Generations

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