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Originally Posted by yuriandrade
Pittsburgh keeps falling. I don't think their economy diversification is enough to stop it: https://www.recenter.tamu.edu/data/population/; 22k births, 27k deaths.
The US as a whole is set to shrink by the 2030's anyway, when nearly 4 million will be dying every year. |
Oh, I meant just the city proper. The rest of the metro area is still stuck in 'bring back industry' fantasies. Allegheny County is moving in the right direction (aka, it's declining by less), but every county surrounding it is essentially old people waiting to die and unemployed youth who can't afford to flee.
Allegheny County has stemmed the bleeding to -0.6% this decade, but it will get dragged down by its neighbors:
- Armstrong County: -3,678 people (-5.3%)
- Beaver County: -6,610 people (-3.9%)
- Butler County: 3,391 people (2.2%)
- Fayette County: -7,332 people (-5.4%)
- Washington County: -955 people (-0.5%)
- Westmoreland County: -16,270 people (-4.5%)
As the Baby Boomer die off reaches exponential growth in the next 10-15 years, the 6 counties above are all going to see eye-popping declines.