Upstate New York population continues to drop

[TexasTowelie]

ALBANY - Forty-two upstate counties lost population in New York between 2010 and 2017, again showing a troubling trend for a region still dealing with a stagnant economy.

The new Census figures Thursday showed that population growth in New York was largely in New York City and its suburbs, as well as the Albany area.

But the rest of the state struggled: Population dropped nearly 93,000 in the 42 counties that had a decline between 2010 and 2017, a fall of 3 percent, the Census Bureau figures showed.

The fall off ranged from a mere 1 percent in Dutchess County to 4 percent each in Broome and Chemung counties in the Southern Tier.

Read more: https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/politics/albany/2018/03/22/upstate-ny-has-population-problem/448880002/

[murielm99]

1. We are losing population in Illinois, too.

I don't know if a change in leadership will change things. It will take a long time to figure out how to keep jobs here and make the other changes necessary. People are going to the Sun Belt and to states that have jobs. Birth rates are down, too.