NEW REPORT SHOWS NUMBER OF RURAL PA. RESIDENTS DYING FASTER THAN BABIES BEING BORN

New data shows that the number of people moving to rural parts of the state has increased, even as the population in those areas fell.  However, the report from the Center for Rural Pennsylvania says the number of people moving in doesn’t make up for a population increase.  That’s because the number of people dying outweighs the number of babies being born.  Some 150-thousand people moved into the state’s rural counties in 2021 — a gain of just over 21-thousand people.