Prime-age (25-54) population growth by county since 2010
The population of Providence, R.I., has barely held even since 2020.
2018-2022 American Community Survey estimates vs. 2010 Census. (Data for Connecticut is missing because it replaced counties with new planning regions)
Had it not been for some 8,300 immigrants who settled in Providence County, it would have shrunk by 1.3 percent by last year.
Same in South Bend, Ind., where some 1,700 immigrants into Saint Joseph County barely filled a gap left by locals ditching town.
Immigrants slowed demographic decline in more than 1,100 counties from 2020 to…
