#outmigration

Maryland’s latest economic report finally says what many families, builders, and small business owners have been shouting for years: people are leaving because they can no longer afford to live here — and it’s not because of a lack of compassion, but a lack of common sense. On October 16, Comptroller Brooke Lierman released Housing and the Economy, the newest installment in her “State of the…

Increasing numbers of Chinese migrant crossing the US southern border and claiming political asylum has grabbed the attention of the US media lately. As economy falters, more Chinese migrants take a perilous journey to the US border to seek asylum Growing Numbers of Chinese Migrants Are Crossing the Southern Border Why More Chinese Are Risking Danger in Southern Border Crossings to U.S. The …

My team and I work with a number of community hospitals around the country and I’ve noticed one thing these organizations have in common: they are tired. This “community hospital fatigue”comes from fighting the good fight every day for years. Trying to make ends meet. Trying to fight outmigration of patients to major medical centers. Trying to retain physicians, nurses, and other staff who can…

Population losses in Puerto Rico have accelerated in recent years, affecting every corner of the island and continuing the largest outmigration in more than 50 years, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of newly released county-level Census Bureau data.

Among Puerto Rico’s counties that saw the largest population losses between 2010 and 2015 was San Juan, home to the island’s capital city and largest metro area. That county’s population declined by 40,000 people (-10%) to 355,000, by far the largest numeric drop of any county. Nine other counties saw population declines of at least 10% during this time.