The Valley’s senior population is expected to grow 102 percent by the year 2025 compared to 1990, according to a report scheduled to be unveiled Oct. 20 in Shelton.
Sharon Closius, president and CEO of the Valley Community Foundation, touches upon that data morsel during the latest episode of “Navel Gazing,” the Valley Indy podcast.
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Closius and the Valley Indy talk about the 2016 Valley Community Index, a 58-page document packed with data about the Valley’s population, the job market, health, education system and much more.
A forum with Valley leaders on the new report is scheduled for 8 a.m. Oct. 20 at Scinto Auditorium in the first floor of 3 Corporate Drive in Shelton.
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According to this report, since 1990 the population in the Valley increased by 12 percent, a rate faster than the rest of the state.
The Valley’s minority population doubled. One in three children in the Valley identify as a member of a racial or ethnic minority in 2014, compared to 1 in 10 in 1990.
From 2002 to 2014, 2,500 net jobs were added in Valley towns, a growth rate of six percent. That outpaces the state average.
Wages in the Valley grew by 6 percent, but 45 percent of Valley workers earn less than the living wage — defined as making $40,000 annually.
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