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Coloradans are making fewer babies, and migration can’t be counted on to fill the gap

State’s demographer is retiring after 20 years, and she predicts deaths will outpace births by 2050

State of Colorado demographer Elizabeth Garner sits for a portrait at her office in Denver on Nov. 18, 2024. Garner is retiring this month after 20 years of overseeing the office responsible for estimating population trends. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)
State of Colorado demographer Elizabeth Garner sits for a portrait at her office in Denver on Nov. 18, 2024. Garner is retiring this month after 20 years of overseeing the office responsible for estimating population trends. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)
DENVER, CO - NOVEMBER 8: Aldo Svaldi - Staff portraits at the Denver Post studio. (Photo by Eric Lutzens/The Denver Post)
By | asvaldi@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
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Colorado's story is changing to one of slower growth and deaths exceeding births in the years ahead.
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