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Nebraska - 52.6% Outbound Rate

Despite it being incredibly rural, Nebraska has a pretty low unemployment rate. The only problem is that most of those jobs are somewhat low paying, and a lot of people have decided that they aren't going to settle for making less money. A lot of young people are moving out of the state to put their degrees to use elsewhere, which spells trouble for Nebraska in the long run.

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The state's overall population is rising, but at a very slow rate and it won't be enough to drive growth if the trend continues into the future, and it looks like it might.