Reno County’s demographics are changing. According to Jeremy Hill, the director of the Center for Economic Development and Business Research at Wichita State University, Reno County’s population will continue to decline. As for the people in their 60s and higher, this demographic should not start to decline until around 2030. “So it’s an expanding aging market for the next eight years,” Hill said. “Then it’s going to level off and then start shrinking.” Because the working-age population has migrated out of the area a little bit, Hill said, there are fewer younger kids. So the 18 and under demographic is shrinking. And the working-age population, which the county is dependent on right now, is also shrinking, he noted.
Source: Hutch News
