State Economists Include “Zero Migration” Scenario in Quarterly Revenue Forecast for First Time (wweek.com)

The state’s fertility rate is 1.39, well below the 2.1 replacement level. However, in bound migration made up for low birth rates. Now, inbound migration is less than out bound – and the state has lost population. They thought this might be a short-term fluke but may be not – it could be the future – and will start doing economic forecast models based on a zero-growth population.

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