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UNH research finds shrinking population in more than a third of rural counties

By Ralph Turchiano on February 6, 2019

Nearly 35 percent of rural counties in the United States are experiencing protracted and significant population loss, according to new research released by the Carsey School of Public Policy at the University of New Hampshire. Those counties are now home to 6.2 million residents, a third fewer than lived there in 1950.

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