Population loss in Midwest’s cities continues, with ‘black flight’ latest trendBy Tim Anderson | Sunday, May 1, 2011 at 12:00 am The story of the population and economic decline of some of the Midwest’s largest, historically most important cities did not begin in 2000 and will likely not end in 2010. Nonetheless, data from U.S. Census 2010 are striking in showing the extent of the out-migration from many of this region’s central towns. |
Census results will result in loss of money and influence for MidwestBy Tim Anderson | Wednesday, January 19, 2011 at 11:45 am In a decade when the U.S. population grew at the smallest rate since the 1930s and the Great Depression, every Midwestern state failed to keep pace with the nation’s 10-year growth rate of 9.7 percent. |
Demographic Trends for State PolicymakersBy Audrey Wall | Monday, June 1, 2009 at 12:00 am The U.S. is undergoing a major demographic revolution that will have major public policy implications across regions and states and within regions and states. Our population is aging, we are becoming more diverse, dramatic migration patterns are occurring and social indicators reveal major challenges ahead. |
