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Originally published Vol. 4,
Issue 3 (June 2006)
Calvin L.
Beale
Nonmetro county population change, 2000-05:
Half grew, half declined
In the first half of the current
decade, nonmetro America was almost evenly split
between counties that grew in population (1,024)
and those that declined (1,027). Declining counties
contain only 34 percent of all nonmetro residents,
however, because most are sparsely settled. Therefore,
despite declining population in so many counties,
total nonmetro population grew by 1.1 million from
April 2000 to July 2005, to a total of 49.9 million.
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