Foreign-Born Residents Account for Most of Rural Population Growth

Rural America showed almost no population growth during the first half of this decade. But the little growth that did occur outside the nation’s metropolitan areas came from an increase in foreign-born residents. Rural counties added 161,000 residents from 2010-15, according to Census population figures. Nearly three-quarters of that growth was the result of people … Continue reading Foreign-Born Residents Account for Most of Rural Population Growth