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10 Fastest Shrinking Counties In the United States

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These are counties that are shrinking the fastest in the country. It looks like the moves are from rural counties that have lost their primary industries and the young are moving away.

The Top 10 Fastest Shrinking Counties – 2004 – 2005

  1. Chattahoochee, Ga. -6.2%
  2. Liberty, Ga. -4.9%
  3. Lampasas, Texas -4.7%
  4. Washington, Ga. -4.3%
  5. Norfolk (city), Va. -2.3%
  6. Geary, Kan. -2.2%
  7. Choctaw, Ala. -2.19%
  8. Monroe, Fla. -2.16%
  9. Jackson, Okla. -2.15%
  10. Terrell, Ga. -2.0%

Via The US Census Bureau

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