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County hears demographic briefing: fewer births, aging population and workforce squeeze ahead
Summary
Ford Analytics consultant Dale Knapp told supervisors that Chippewa County’s population trends largely mirror statewide declines in births and an aging baby-boom cohort, and he urged local planning for childcare, senior care and workforce attraction.
Chippewa County supervisors heard a demographic briefing that projected a shrinking youth population, an aging workforce and potential labor shortages over the next decade.
Dale Knapp of Ford Analytics told the board that statewide low birth rates and aging Baby Boomers will exert pressure on the workforce and on services such as childcare and senior care. "The children of today are the workforce of tomorrow," Knapp said, and he warned that declines in births and modest net migration will reduce the prime working-age…
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