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General Category => Politics => Topic started by: Ross on March 14, 2013, 06:25:00 PM

Title: Census: Record 1 in 3 US counties are now dyin
Post by: Ross on March 14, 2013, 06:25:00 PM


Here is the desperation, I have referred to many times on the Elk Konnected thread and no little NGO begging for money can fix it.
I hope you will click on the link at the bottom and read the whole article.



Census: Record 1 in 3 US counties are now dyin
By HOPE YEN | Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — A record number of U.S. counties — more than 1 in 3 — are now dying off, hit by an aging population and weakened local economies that are spurring young adults to seek jobs and build families elsewhere.

New 2012 census estimates released Thursday highlight the population shifts as the U.S. encounters its most sluggish growth levels since the Great Depression.

The findings also reflect the increasing economic importance of foreign-born residents as the U.S. ponders an overhaul of a major 1965 federal immigration law. Without new immigrants, many metropolitan areas such as New York, Chicago, Detroit, Pittsburgh and St. Louis would have posted flat or negative population growth in the last year.

Read more at http://news.yahoo.com/census-record-1-3-us-counties-now-dying-040238347.html