CALIFORNIA BUSINESS MINUTE
Top Rural Areas to Retire
09-25-09
Hi, I am Tim Johnson and welcome to the California Business Minute.
If baby boomers follow migration patterns similar to those of their predecessors,
the rural population age 55-75 will increase by 30% between 2010 and 2020,
according to a report just published by U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic
Research Service.
Viewed another way: The number of boomers between the ages of 55 and 75 living
in rural areas will increase from 8.6 to 14.2 million between 2000 and 2020,
according to John Cromartie and Peter Nelson, co-authors of the report, “Baby
Boom Migration and Its Impact on Rural America.”
As for which individual counties will experience the greatest growth, Cromartie
said in an email that “projections of this nature always contain a degree of
uncertainty. “ That said, he provided a list of 15 representative nonmetropolitan
counties that are ranked in the top 50 in the projections for the 2010-2020 time
period. Listed alphabetically, they are:
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Dare County, N.C.
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Forest County, PA.
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Graham County, N.C.
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Highland County, VA.
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Hinsdale County, CO
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Jackson County, CO
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Jackson County, N.C.
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Keweenaw County, MI
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Lake County, MI
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Mineral County, CO
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Mono County, CA
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Monroe County, FL
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Pocahontas County, W. VA
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Tillamook County, OR
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Valley County, ID
Apparently, the authors only liked one area of the vast Golden State.
I am Tim Johnson and this has been the California Business Minute
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