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Population Reprieve
Births and Migration in the Pacific Northwest
An analysis of what's behind the Pacific Northwest's slowed population growth, including slower birthrates, smaller family size, and slowed migration.
July 30, 2003
- Media contact:
Elisa Murray, elisa@sightline.org, 206-447-1880 ext. 111
"Population Reprieve" analyzes several critical population trends for the Northwest. In 2002 the region experienced the slowest rate of population growth in 16 years, largely due to two factors: slowed migration; and record lows in birthrates due to a trend toward delayed childbirth and a scarcity of women in peak childbearing ages. British Columbia, with the region's lowest birthrate, teen birthrate, and total fertility rate, is the most striking example of the trends.
- Press release for Washington and Oregon, and Idaho:
Northwest's birth rate, teen births lowest on record
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