Thursday, June 27, 2024

Rural Pennsylvania population loss: New Castle/Lawrence County

 
Lawrence County's population peaked at 112,965 in 1950 and has declined 25% since then.  The county now has fewer residents than it did 115 years ago.  
 
Lawrence County
Source:  Wikipedia
 
Daily Yonder, 6/25/2024
The new commission is tasked with creating a report within two years, but Kyle Kopko, the executive director of the Center for Rural Pennsylvania, said he plans to push for some material from the commission coming out within the first year. 
Part of the task, Kopko said, will be raising awareness of the seriousness — and urgency — of the problem rural communities face. Because local officials are responsible for so much, particularly in rural communities where staffs are smaller, they have less time to dedicate to issues like population loss.

New Castle's population peaked at 22,075 in 1930 and has declined 56% since then.  The city has fewer residents now than it did in the mid-1890s. 

New Castle
Source:  Wikipedia



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