The N.C. counties with the biggest population losses are all in the northeast. Why?
North Carolina is growing rapidly, almost 850,000 new residents since the 2010 Census. But that growth is not shared evenly. Many North Carolina counties are losing people — along with jobs and opportunity. This series examines reasons for that decline. The project was produced by the North Carolina News Collaborative, a partnership of the state’s largest newspapers that aims to provide deeper and broader news coverage to all regions of the state.
