THE SHELBY INDEPENDENT

By David Beasley | The Center Square File graphic | The Shelby Independent NORTH CAROLINA – In just seven years, North Carolina could reach a demographic milestone: more deaths than births, according to new projections by the state’s demographer Michael Cline. “Unless fertility or life expectancy rise significantly, future population growth will depend entirely on domestic and international migration,” Cline wrote. “As the gap between births and deaths widens, population gro