NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE
T
he Census Bureau formally counts the population only once every decade, but it updates its population estimates annually. While those estimates are not always rock-solid, they reflect the best available data — more precise than moving-truck rentals — to show where our people are shifting.
The latest data add the population change for counties between mid 2020 and mid 2021, following the release in December of the population shifts for states. First, the grim national news:
- “The population of the United States grew in the past year by 392,665, or 0.1%, the lowest rate since the nation’s founding.”
- “33 states saw
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