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Article Excerpt
Every parent of a Montana high school or college student knows this statistic to be true: Young people between the ages of 20 and 29 are leaving the state in significant numbers.
The 2000 Census provided the proof. During the 1990s, about 10,000 more people age 20-29 left Montana than moved into the state. It was, in fact, the only age group that showed a loss in population during a decade otherwise notable for its growth. The loss amounted to about 8 percent of Montana's population age 10-19 in 1990.
And in eastern and northern Montana, the loss was even more pronounced. About 20,000 young people (again, in the 20-29 age group) left those regions during the decade.
Interestingly, though, the age group with the largest population increase--about 30,000 people--was that between the ages of 30 and 49. And they brought their...
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