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NC remains on track for 14th U-S Congressional seat

PRE News & Ideas | By George Olsen
Published February 25, 2020 at 8:50 AM EST

Projections based on 2019 population estimates indicate North Carolina remains on track to add a 14th seat to its U-S House of Representatives delegation. A blog post by Carolina Demography indicates that current estimates predict North Carolina will be one of seven states to gain representation in the U-S House while ten states are projected to lose seats following the 2020 census. As of July 1, 2019, North Carolina’s population was estimated at 10.5 million. That’s a growth of 952,000 people since the 2010 census. During the most recent fiscal year, North Carolina added 106,500 people… the fourth consecutive year of gains over 100,000. Most of the recent gains… around 2/3rds… were from domestic migrants… individuals moving to North Carolina from other states, with the biggest numbers coming from New York and Florida.
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George Olsen
George Olsen is a 1977 Havelock High School graduate. He received his B.A. in Broadcast Journalism from the University of South Carolina in 1982 where he got his first taste of non-commercial radio working for their student station WUSC. After graduation he worked about five years in commercial radio before coming to work at Public Radio East where he has remained since outside of a nearly 3-year stint as jazz and operations coordinator at WUAL in Tuscaloosa, Alabama in the early 1990s. On his return to eastern North Carolina he hosted classical music for Public Radio East before moving into the Morning Edition host position and now can be heard on All Things Considered. He also hosts and produces The Sound, five hours of Americana, Roots Rock and Contemporary Folk weekday evenings on PRE Public Radio East News & Ideas, and is a news and feature producer for Public Radio East.
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