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Rugby works to overcome employment challenges
Rugby has experienced a steady population decline since the 1980s, creating challenges for local businesses, healthcare and city infrastructure. Nigel Haarstad, state demographer for North Dakota, said data from the State Data Center shows Pierce County had more deaths than births every year from 2001. He said the center predicts losses all the way into the year 2050. Haarstad added that most North Dakota cities lost residents after 2020. In Pierce County, its working-age class is shrinking faster than businesses can catch up, leaving Rugby with an unemployment rate in July of around ...
