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Upstate New York's Population Stagnates

Posted by: Abhijeet Chavan
Thanks to: Elena Sheridan
25 August 2003 - 12:00pm

The first of a series of reports analyzing population and migration data for the Upstate New York region probes the implications of the area's stagnant growth.

In the first of a series of Brookings reports on the region, an analysis of population and migration data for Upstate New York shows that while the country as a whole was growing, Upstate New York stagnated. According to the report, the region also has a greater percentage of senior citizens and corrections inmates than the rest of the nation, raising troubling implications for Upstate’s economic future.

Full Story: Upstate New York's Population Plateau: The Third-Slowest Growing State
Source: The Brookings Institution, October 12, 2005
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