Rural America Ages as Younger Residents Leave, USDA Study Finds
September 14, 2026
September 14, 2026
WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service issued Economic Information Bulletin 306, 'Migration and Aging Across the Rural-Urban Continuum,' by Justin B. Winikoff, Richelle L. Winkler, John Cromartie and Katherine J. Curtis. Issued in September 2026, the report finds that nonmetropolitan counties have older populations than metropolitan counties after more than three decades of migration patterns that moved younger people towar . . .
