“You’re not from around here, are you?” The answer to that question is most local residents are still native Tennesseans, but their share of the total population is slipping and in a couple places the “outsiders” outnumber the natives. And… Read More ›
DEMOGRAPHICS
Get ready for some sticker shock at cost of Tri-Cities elder care
Remember the numbers recently used to illustrate the contrast between the emergence of GenZ and the Tri-Cities Baby Boomers on the front porch of old age? A 2018 study by Genworth Financial Inc. adds another level of context – and… Read More ›
Here comes Gen Z, but what about the 68,000 Tri-Cities residents on the front porch of old age
There’s a new generational group grabbing the fancy of writers who offer advice to employers and businesses. Can you believe it? The oldest Millennials are turning 40, and many are weary of the hype about them. So, here comes Gen… Read More ›
Tri-Cities birth-death balance gets worse in 2017
Unicoi and Washington counties saw a small increase in births last year, but it wasn’t enough to keep the Tri-Cities off the region’s slippery slope of the births v. deaths. According to the Census Bureau’s components of population change report,… Read More ›