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Are There Enough Young People In Rural Wisconsin?

Voters Worry About Stagnation In Their Towns

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Shops line the streets of downtown Cambridge. University of Wisconsin-Extension (CC BY-NC)

The Applied Population Lab at UW-Madison projected that 15 of Wisconsin’s 72 counties will have smaller populations in 2040 than they did in 2010.

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