Rural decline in Nebraska
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- Created on: 14-01-16 10:10
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- Rural decline in Nebraska
- facts
- US state in middle of the Great Plains
- Roughly size of England and Wales combined
- Winters are cold, average -11.7 and summers are hot, east reaches 33 degrees
- west receives 400mm of rain per annum
- classed as semi-arid, growing season only about 150 days
- population change
- grew 8% between 1990 and 2000
- 53/93 counties in the state lost population between 1990 and 2000
- growth concentrated in eastern metropolitan areas EG Lincoln
- rural decline
- excess of deaths over births causes natural decrease
- out migration exceeds in migration
- net migrational loss
- 455 more people left Nuckolls then entered, between 1990 and 2000, mostly young people
- ageing population
- lack of employment oppertunities
- employment in agriculture declining, it used to be 1/4 jobs related
- forced to leave to lack of jobs
- not enough people to maintain local services
- low income is push factor- less then $25,000 annum
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