The Youngstown Vindicator Published: Thu, March 23, 2017 @ 12:05 a.m.

The 2016 population decline in the five-county Mahoning and Shenango Valleys was the largest since the 2010 census Published: Thu, March 23, 2017 @ 12:05 a.m. By David Skolnick skolnick@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN Last year’s population decline in the five-county Mahoning and Shenango valleys region was the largest since the 2010 census. The U.S. Census Bureau released population estimate figures Wednesday showing Mahoning, Trumbull, Columbiana counties in Ohio and Mercer and Lawrence counties in Pennsylvania lost 6,384 people between July 1, 2015, and July 1, 2016. That’s a 0.9 percent drop in…

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