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Elon Musk tweets:
The Total Fertility Rate graph:
Musk’s followup:
Contrary to what many think, the richer someone is, the fewer kids they have.
I am a rare exception. Most people I know have zero or one kid.
Musk has had 8 children, one of who died in infancy. Six of the children with his first wife. He had no children with his second wife (also divorced). And two children with ex-girlfriend.
Census population change estimates
This won’t embed on substack, alas. I will simply show you a few screenshots and you have to go over there for the interactivity.
Here is the Census link:
How is Population Shifting in Cities or Towns in Your State?
Related story: The Center Square - Census: Illinois cities combined lose 104,000 people in 2021
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