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the population structure, according to unofficial estimates. About 12.5 percent of the population will be found in the over-65 bracket, compared with 11.5 percent in 1960.
Also, because of the big increase in the proportion of young people, the median age of the local population will be about 1.9 years lower than in 1960, when it was 28.9.
The “natural increase” in the Rappahannock County population, which is the excess of births over deaths, will come to [approximately 3.5 percent, based upon preliminary figures.
A definite jump will be recorded, also, in educational attainment, meaning years of schooling acquired by people who have reached age 25 or over. It will average 1.4 years more than in 1960, when the median was 7.0.
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