Even many rural areas that are technically losing population are now seeing more people move in than move out; they’re just losing population because, in an aging population, deaths outnumber births and everything else. In any case, now the official estimates are that Montgomery County is up to 102,061 while Roanoke has slipped to 99,634 and Roanoke County has fallen to 96,605. Roanoke County is now losing population. So why is the county now losing population? Pittsylvania’s problem is primarily an aging population, Henry’s is a combination of an aging population and moving vans.
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