New Drivers in Rural Population Decline
Sunday, August 11, 2019
Photo caption: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg
A recent paper co-authored by Carsey School of Public Policy demographer Kenneth Johnson, along with Daniel Lichter of Cornell University and John Cromartie of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, shows that as population increases occur in rural counties over time, the counties transform into metropolitan areas, changing the make up of what was formerly "rural America." In addition, according to the paper, recent rural county population declines are being driven by out-migration and a national decrease in birth rates.
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