Middleboro Community Health Issues
The population of Hillsboro County is, overall, growing, with projected growth of over five percent in the next five years. However, significant disparities exist among the towns in the area, resulting in two communities with very different make ups – the town of Middleboro and its surrounding villages, which on the whole is not growing in population and is generally older than the US population as a whole, and Jasper, a geographically remote town that is almost singlehandedly driving the population growth of the entire County. Jasper is also significantly younger that much of the rest of the County population. As a result, there are notable disparities that have arisen in terms of healthcare need and the ability to support healthcare delivery organizations. Below are some descriptions of the specific demographic changes that the County is undergoing and recommendations to address these changes, as well as current need.
Demographic and Population Analysis Over the last decade there has been significant disparity in changes in population from one community to the next in Hillsboro County, but the picture is different depending on the time frame examined. In the last five years, Jasper, Statesville, and Carterville have experienced greater percentage gain in population (10 percent, 8.1 percent, and 10.9 percent, respectively) than Hillsboro County as a whole (4.3 percent) but over the last 10 years, only Jasper has made significant gains above the percent increase of Hillsboro County, at 17.6 percent over 8.3 percent. (Statesville grew at roughly the same rate as the County over that period at a rate of 8.5 percent.) In the last 10 years, the tremendous growth experienced by Jasper County has almost singlehandedly driven the overall growth in Hillsboro. Nearly every other community has posted only moderate increases in population compared to the County overall, while Minortown has even seen a 4.9 percent decrease in population. Carterville, in
Demographic and Population Analysis Over the last decade there has been significant disparity in changes in population from one community to the next in Hillsboro County, but the picture is different depending on the time frame examined. In the last five years, Jasper, Statesville, and Carterville have experienced greater percentage gain in population (10 percent, 8.1 percent, and 10.9 percent, respectively) than Hillsboro County as a whole (4.3 percent) but over the last 10 years, only Jasper has made significant gains above the percent increase of Hillsboro County, at 17.6 percent over 8.3 percent. (Statesville grew at roughly the same rate as the County over that period at a rate of 8.5 percent.) In the last 10 years, the tremendous growth experienced by Jasper County has almost singlehandedly driven the overall growth in Hillsboro. Nearly every other community has posted only moderate increases in population compared to the County overall, while Minortown has even seen a 4.9 percent decrease in population. Carterville, in
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