#PopulationChange
International immigration has been a lifeline for Massachusetts, but a sharp decline predicted for 2025 could reshape the state's future growth and labor supply.

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#MA #CivicAccountability #CitizenPortal #PopulationChange #WorkforceComposition
Mid‑decade estimates show immigration long offset domestic outflow; recent fall in arrivals may slow growth
UMass Donahue Institute told the Senate Committee on the Census that international migration has long offset Massachusetts’ domestic outflows, particularly by adding working‑age residents; a sharp 2025 decline in net international migration may trim the state’s mid‑decade population gains and affect planning and labor supply.
citizenportal.ai
February 21, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Vermont's new competitiveness dashboard reveals alarming population decline and weak housing permit activity, prompting urgent calls for data-driven policy changes to retain talent and stimulate growth.

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#VT #PopulationChange #VermontEconomicDevelopment #DataTransparency
New competitiveness dashboard shows population decline, weak housing permit activity in Vermont
A presentation to the Economic Development, Housing & General Affairs committee outlined a new competitiveness dashboard that ranks Vermont near the bottom on population change and housing permits, and officials and business groups discussed how data could shape policy to retain and attract workers.
citizenportal.ai
January 16, 2026 at 9:22 AM
New publication: Adult survival has a stronger role than productivity in the annual population change of European #songbirds. #biodiversity #populationchange #passerines
doi.org/10.1007/s004...
October 29, 2025 at 10:10 AM
📺 On ITV Channel TV, he analysed Jersey’s record-low birth rate 🎬 www.itv.com/watch/news/c... (starts 3:08)
🌍 On TRT World Roundtable, he discussed global fertility decline & long-term policy needs 🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=cK4z...

#Demography #SocialStatistics #Fertility #PopulationChange
www.itv.com
July 28, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Butterflies endangered in NL: Small Skipper (T sylvestris, geelsprietdikkopje). Huge decline, esp. in 1990s, recently a small recovery. Changes in distribution (occupancy) appr. 10 yrs later than populationchange: eBMS pop-monitoring (butterfly-monitoring.net) is more sensitive than distribution.
January 5, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Humans were here. A lot.

"Over the past 30 years, the scale of #PopulationChange is hard to grasp. How do you even #visualize 10 million people?"

@puddingviz tried. With quiet impressing success:

https://pudding.cool/2018/10/city_3d
Human Terrain
Visualizing the World’s Population, in 3D
pudding.cool
November 26, 2024 at 4:55 PM