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Natural Population Decrease in the United States

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  • Johnson, Kenneth M.
  • Beale, Calvin L.

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Of the 993 U.S. counties experiencing at least 1 year of natural population decrease (deaths outnumbering births) from 1950-87, 95 percent were nonmetro counties. The primary cause of local natural decrease today is outmigration of young adults, not inadequate fertility rates. Counties facing such long-term natural decrease may undergo significant financial stress, due to an erosion of property values and the tax base, and have difficulty in sustaining key services and businesses. Natural decrease is not always a problem, however. Many areas are thriving through inmovement of older people, even though such places have more deaths than births each year.

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  • Johnson, Kenneth M. & Beale, Calvin L., 1992. "Natural Population Decrease in the United States," Rural America/ Rural Development Perspectives, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, vol. 8(1), February.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uersra:310971
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.310971
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    1. Kenneth M. Johnson, 1996. "Recent nonmetropolitan demographic trends in the Midwest," Assessing the Midwest Economy RE-1, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.

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