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Emptying Nests

Characteristics
  • Home to many retirees and aging baby boomers
  • Slightly older than the U.S. average
  • Less diverse than the nation at large
  • Located primarily in the Midwest and South

Community Type Demographics

Ethnicity

Presidential Election Results

2004
  • 43%
  • Kerry in 2004
  • Kerry
  • 56%
  • Bush in 2004
  • Bush
2008
  • 49%
  • Obama in 2008
  • Obama
  • 49%
  • McCain in 2008
  • McCain

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Age of Population

Percent Population Age 65 or Older
  • 17%
  • Emptying Nests
  • Emptying Nests
  • 15%
  • College Graduates
  • All Counties
Median Age
  • 45
  • Emptying Nests
  • Emptying Nests
  • 43.6
  • All Counties
  • All Counties
Around the Nation

For Dairy Farmers, a Glass of Milk Looks Half-Empty

Wisconsin dairy farmers keep hearing about an economic recovery, but business costs are consistently higher than what they can get for milk, leaving them wondering how they’ll make it through the next month.

Apple Harvest Yields Conflict Between Workers, Farmers and Feds

There just aren't enough people to pick apples in Wayne County, New York - or at least people who are documented. So Latino immigrants, some here legally, some not, pick the apples instead. Those who support the migrant workers say the population is being harassed, even stalked, by Border Patrol ...

Obama engages on healthcare with high approval, policy doubts

Less than eight months into Barack Obama’s presidency, it is far too soon to contemplate his chances at reelection. But at this early date, there seems to be one noticeable trait: dissonance between voters’ feelings about the president and feelings about his policies – or at least his party.

We ...

Scraping By In Manufacturing-heavy Sheboygan, Wis.

Sheboygan, Wis., an Empyting Nest community in Patchwork Nation, is a great place to retire, with its beach along Lake Michigan, the nationally known John Michael Kohler Arts Center, and a major championship golf course at Whistling Straits. Like other Empyting Nest locales, its economy has a larger-than-average share of ...

Obama’s difficult sell on healthcare reform

Just as the healthcare debate begins in earnest on Capitol Hill, a parade of lawmakers appeared on the Sunday talk shows to announce it was in jeopardy.

President Obama may not have the votes in the Senate to pass a plan – at least not right now – Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D ...

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