Determining the feasibility of getting the Triad s three largest cities interconnected with passenger rail service is the goal of a bill recently filed by three Democrat state senators.
Carolina Demography's Rebecca Tippett joins 97.9 The Hill's Brighton McConnell to discuss the 2021 county population estimates recently shared by the U.S. Census Bureau.
The nation's three largest cities lost a combined 700,000 residents between July 2020 and July 2021 the fastest growing regions in the country couldn't keep up. The new data is being framed in the media as evidence of the decline of cities.
The pandemic led to a decline in birth rates in North Carolina, according to a new analysis from the research center Carolina Demography. About 2,000 fewer babies were born in North Carolina in 2020 compared to 2019. That’s a decline of about 1.7%. Rebecca Tippett with Carolina Demography says that’s significant. But it’s not quite as pronounced as the declines seen after the Great Recession.
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