Repopulating Rural Counties
New Carsey School study shows rapid decline in the population of America's rural agricultural counties.
Thursday, August 1, 2019
Photo credit: Esther Honig
A recent study from the Carsey School of Public Policy found that rural U.S. areas - or around about 80 percent of the country's agricultural towns - are suffering from rapid depopulation. “It’s not uncommon in rural high schools for half the graduating class to leave the area within a few years after graduation,” said report co-author and Carsey School demographer Ken Johnson.
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