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Losing people, losing jobs: Forecast projects rural Louisiana's 'funk' to worsen

Por: The Advocate Business October 10, 2022

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Population declines will continue to drive a years-long economic slide in Louisiana's rural areas, and the 29 parishes outside the state's nine metropolitan areas could lose nearly 3,000 non-farm jobs by 2025, according to a new forecast from economist Loren Scott.The job loss — 1,000 in 2023 and another 1,700 in 2024, according to Scott's analysis, continuing a downward trajectory that began in 2014.The rural projection came... + full article



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