Census: 1 in 4 US Counties ‘Dying’

Almost a quarter of America’s 3,142 counties are slowly dying, according to the US Census Bureau. Some 760 counties are now recording more deaths than births, census figures show, and what demographers call “natural decrease” is accelerating as the downturn pushes birth rates down and forces young people to…

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Census: 1 in 4 US Counties ‘Dying’

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