(Des Moines, IA) -- Iowa's population growth is slowing.
A new report from the Common Sense Institute Iowa shows the state gained nearly 8,000 new residents last year. But it fell below the five-year average.
Nearly a thousand Iowa residents moved to other states, foreign migration fell by half and net births went down.
CSI says the changes affect job creation, consumer spending and workforce availability.
It estimates the population declines can reduce economic activity by hundreds of millions of dollars.