Demographic trends

While the number of people moving out has increased, the number of people moving into the state has declined.

Declining birth rates and an aging population are the forces that are prompting colleges and local governments to act.

Demographer says that “with more residents turning 65 than 18, an aging population will in the future likely make it more difficult to attract large new employers or for current employers to make major expansions.”

The state’s median household income has fallen. One reason is because high-income workers in Northern Virginia are moving out of state.

The number of people living alone has soared since 1940 and is now at an all-time high.

The county estimates that remote workers are close to being the biggest job sector.

Only one locality saw the number increase. The biggest declines were in rural localities. Here’s why.

In one locality after another, the number of people in the 60-64 age cohort about to exit the workforce far exceeds the number in the 20-24 age cohort about to enter it.

Falling birth rates are depressing school enrollments in many localities, but Lynchburg has a complicating factor: It’s the only Virginia city growing younger at a time when the age at which women give birth is growing older.

Migration between states is re-shaping the politics of some states. What does this mean for Virginia?