Population declines across region Staff reports Feb 12, 2024 Feb 12, 2024 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The population bomb still looms over much of Southwest Virginia, according to a recently released report from the Weldon Cooper Center.kAm%96 46?E6C DEF5:65 A@AF=2E:@? 492?86D :? E96 4@>>@?H62=E9 7C@> a_a_ E@ yF=J `[ a_ab]k^AmkAm%96 7:?5:?8D 96=5 =:EE=6 E@ 46=63C2E6 :? $@FE9H6DE ':C8:?:2] x? 724E[ @?=J EH@ =@42=:E:6D – |@?E8@>6CJ r@F?EJ 2?5 E96 4:EJ @7 v2=2I – 925 @G6C2== 8C@HE9[ 2?5 6G6? E92E 8C@HE9 H2D 2?6>:4] |@?E8@>6CJ r@F?EJ D2H =6DD E92? ` A6C46?E 8C@HE9[ 255:?8 df` A6@A=6] v2=2I 25565 `_a A6@A=6 :? E@E2=]k^Am kAmu@C 6G6CJH96C6 6=D6[ E96 BF6DE:@? 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