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PolitiFact: How do COVID-19 deaths, job losses in NC compare to other states?

PolitiFact recently examined a quote by North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper in which Gov. Cooper claimed his state had the "lowest COVID-related deaths, as well as job losses per capita." In fact checking the Governor, the news outlet references unemployment data from the Carsey School's COVID-19 Economic Crisis: By State report.

The Conway Daily Sun: U.S. Census: Coos population dropped by 5.4%

The New Hampshire-based Conway Daily Sun recently reported on new 2020 U.S. Census data that shows the population of N.H.'s Coos County and Androscoggin Valley continued to decline. The newspaper quoted Carsey's Senior Demographer Ken Johnson, who said, "In northernmost Coos County, major declines in the traditional wood and paper products industry continue to push young adults to seek opportunity elsewhere, which results in fewer births to offset deaths to its older population."

Sentinel Source: Census: Cheshire County at a loss

The Keene Sentinel Source recently reported on 2020 U.S. Census data that shows that the population in New Hampshire's Cheshire County decreased over the last decade. The Source noted, in an interview with the Carsey School's Ken Johnson, that the state's more urbanized counties grew in population, partly from migration. However, several more rural counties – Cheshire among them – saw population descreases from people moving out of them and from natural decreases (more births than deaths).