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Day County may see first population rise in 90 years

Mar 6, 2013

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by

Webster Reporter and Farmer

in Communities, Farms

Day County is no stranger to the epidemic sweeping through the Midwest, known as Rural Flight. The county has consistently lost population for the past 90 years. But according to a 2011 estimate, the area is looking at its first increase in population since 1920. The U.S. Census Bureau’s 2011 population estimates Webster and Day…