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Population Growing in Adirondacks

By Pat Bradley

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Plattsburgh, NY – An Adirondack Council analysis of census data for Adirondack counties shows that only Hamilton and Oneida Counties lost population. Hamilton is one of the two counties that are entirely in the park. The other - Essex County - saw two percent growth. Adirondack Council Spokesman John Sheehan....
1 :35 Things are going pretty ...... special attention

Adirondack North Country Association Executive Director Kate Fish says the census numbers are a positive sign .....
1 :33 As opposed to what people tend to ..... new businesses

Adirondack Park Local Government Review Board Executive Director Fred Monroe says the census growth numbers are misleading......
1 :44 What growth there is ... much larger have to do

The Town of Newcomb saw a nearly nine and a half percent decline in population, with 436 residents remaining. Supervisor George Canon.......
1 :32 Our economy is flat ...its own right

Population in the three Catskill counties grew in the latest census data.