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Minnesota's Radical Demographic Change

Tom Gillaspy
April 2, 2008

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Minnesota, along with the nation, is experiencing profound demographic changes, affecting all aspects of our economy, environment, and society. While demographic change normally progresses at a glacial pace, the pace and impact of some of these changes will accelerate starting this year. The workforce will be one area facing some of the most profound and rapid changes. This session will focus on the changes expected, the underlying demographic trends driving the changes, and some of the challenges and opportunities these changes imply.

Tom Gillaspy, Ph.D., Minnesota State Demographers Office, has served as the Minnesota State Demographer since 1979. During that time, he has been involved with a wide-ranging set of issue, applying an understanding of demographic trends in such areas as the state's economy, health care for an aging population, welfare reform, rural population change, labor shortages, government spending, and the aging state workforce.