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According to data provided by the University of Virginia’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service, Harrisonburg’s elderly population is expected to surpass 8,000 by 2030, making up nearly 12 percent of the city’s total population.

The 2023 Virginia county and city population estimates released Jan. 29 by the Weldon Cooper Center show clearly that rural areas such as Martinsville and Henry County are not only attracting the public’s attention, but beginning to make a significant impact on the landscape of the region’s demographics.

Prince William County Public Schools leaders provided insight this week into their decision to recommend a delay in construction of the county’s 14th high school, citing a projected slowdown in enrollment growth.

Despite an influx of new residents, Mecklenburg County’s population has declined in the three years since the last census was conducted in 2020.

Between 2020 and 2023, Mecklenburg County lost 0.3 percent of its population, from 30,319 in 2020 to 30,232 — an estimated 87 people — primarily because the number of deaths exceeded the number of births. The findings were published by the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service at the University of Virginia as part of an ongoing study of Virginia population trends between each ten-year census count.

Acreage caps Isle of Wight and Surry counties enacted last year to restrict the proliferation of solar farms can stay in place – for now. A House of Delegates subcommittee voted on Feb. 27 to carry over to 2025 a bill that would have nullified locally-imposed bans and limits.

The Demographic Research Group at University of Virginia’s Weldon Cooper Center recently released the 2023 population estimates for Virginia’s counties and independent cities, giving us an insight into the changing demographic landscape of Virginia.

Paid internships within Virginia can help keep newly graduated college students from looking elsewhere and staying within the Commonwealth.

The University of Virginia’s Weldon Cooper Center is projecting a 7% uptick in enrollment for Surry County Public Schools over the next five years.

Some Southwest localities have become population magnets due to other areas in Virginia losing population because deaths outnumber births and net in-migration, according to the Weldon Cooper Center.