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Plains states lose people to urban areas in shift across nine states
Duane Kenny Nelson, the only licensed plumber in Burke County North Dakota, doubts any rivals arrive as he ages 64. The Great Plains lose population to cities across nine states with several counties turning frontier like. North Dakota grew slowly while more than 23,000 left in the 1990s, and rural jobs remain a bottleneck.
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Knight Ridder
Bowbells
N.D
Duane
Kenny
Nelson
Burke County
Great Plains States
Winzy
Robert Zook
Plains
North
South
Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Montana
Wyoming
Colorado
Great Plains
Frank J. Popper
Rutgers University
Deborah
Frontier
Lang
North Dakota
Fargo
Grand Forks
Bismarck