California’s population drops for the first time in history
3 years, 7 months ago

California’s population drops for the first time in history

Al Jazeera  

Population decline comes as Governor Gavin Newsom faces recall over his COVID response and high taxes. California’s population fell by more than 182,000 people in 2020, marking the first year-over-year loss ever recorded for the nation’s most populous state. State officials announced on Friday that California’s population dipped 0.46 percent to just under 39.5 million people from January 2020 to January 2021. State officials say a declining birth rate, plus reductions in international immigration and an increase in deaths because of the coronavirus, led to the state’s first year-over-year population loss. California had a negative international migration in 2020, which state officials say was a direct effect of the Trump administration’s decision to stop issuing new visas for much of that year.

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California exodus left a gaping population hole. Can the Golden State finally bounce back?
7 months, 1 week ago

California exodus left a gaping population hole. Can the Golden State finally bounce back?

LA Times  

Pedestrians in downtown Los Angeles. Though the state population grew 0.17% in 2023 — the first year of growth since the COVID-19 pandemic — California is still 1.2% smaller than it was in 2019, according to a Times data analysis. Cities may begin to boost their population as businesses end work-from-home policies, but Karlinsky cautioned that “if everybody is driving …

California reverses years of decline with 67,000-person growth spurt, but critics warn Gov Newsom against 'bragging' until he's cut living costs
7 months, 3 weeks ago

California reverses years of decline with 67,000-person growth spurt, but critics warn Gov Newsom against 'bragging' until he's cut living costs

Daily Mail  

California has in recent years been dogged by rampant homelessness, drug addiction, and eye-watering living costs that forced residents out in droves to Arizona, Texas and further afield. California grew by some 67,000 people last year, its first gain since 2019, says an estimate from the state Department of Finance. California grew by some 67,000 people last year, and the …

California’s population grew in 2023, halting 3 years of decline, state estimates
7 months, 3 weeks ago

California’s population grew in 2023, halting 3 years of decline, state estimates

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The nation’s most populous state is growing again, ending a trend of population decline that had dogged Gov. California gained just over 67,000 people last year, the first increase since 2019, according to an estimate released Tuesday by the state Department of Finance. After joining the United States in 1850 on the heels of a gold rush, …

California’s population increased last year for first time since 2020
7 months, 3 weeks ago

California’s population increased last year for first time since 2020

LA Times  

During the much-ballyhooed “California exodus” amid the pandemic, remote workers moved to other states where they could live for a fraction of the cost compared to cities like Los Angeles or San Francisco. California’s population rose last year for the first time since 2020, according to new state data. And while California saw a net loss of nearly 3,900 people …

Column: California’s population is on the rise. So much for the claims of the state’s demise
8 months, 1 week ago

Column: California’s population is on the rise. So much for the claims of the state’s demise

LA Times  

Throngs of hikers in Dodger Blue make their the way to Mt. The new data will show that California’s population, as of Jan. 1, has again climbed above 39 million, Schwarm said. “With hybrid work arrangements becoming more common in late 2022 and throughout 2023, the number of individuals moving to California once again increased to historical levels,” Schwarm emailed. …

Why Californians are fleeing this once-Golden State
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Why Californians are fleeing this once-Golden State

LA Times  

The sun sets behind the L.A. skyline as seen from Azusa. California just got too big for its carrying capacity — at least in the sprawling, ranch-house lifestyle that so many people covet and symbolizes the state’s easy-living persona. “Grow and grow and grow and eventually there’s not enough room,” says Hans Johnson, a demographer at the nonpartisan Public Policy …

Forget California exodus. New Jersey residents lead an influx back into the Golden State
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Forget California exodus. New Jersey residents lead an influx back into the Golden State

LA Times  

People run in a snow-covered park in Hoboken, N.J., with a view of the lower Manhattan skyline. New Jersey, a similarly expensive and densely populated state, saw more residents move to California than the other way around in 2022 — a rarity amid the state’s population exodus. New Jersey, one of the nation’s most densely populated states, has recently recorded …

California loses population for an unprecedented third year. It could cost state real clout
1 year ago

California loses population for an unprecedented third year. It could cost state real clout

LA Times  

Urban areas such downtown Los Angeles are still feeling the losses of residents due in part to high housing costs and more remote work. For the third year in a row, California saw its population drop, raising new concerns about how the much-discussed exodus could hurt the state’s political influence. Prior to the fiscal year from July 1, 2020, to …

California’s population of unauthorized immigrants has dropped, report says
1 year, 1 month ago

California’s population of unauthorized immigrants has dropped, report says

LA Times  

Marco Palomera packs up to leave his Whittier apartment in 2019. The California population of immigrants lacking lawful status decreased by 150,000 between 2017 and 2021, but the state continues to have the highest number — 1.9 million — of unauthorized residents among the states. Among those counted as unauthorized immigrants by Pew are more than 2 million people with …

The California conundrum: Fewer people, more homes, but an acute housing shortage
1 year, 3 months ago

The California conundrum: Fewer people, more homes, but an acute housing shortage

LA Times  

In the last decade, California home prices and rents have soared, an upswing that’s put homeownership further out of reach and helped drive thousands into homelessness. L.A. County, on the other hand, has lost 4.2% of its population since its peak several years ago and statewide there are 1.8% fewer people — drops that state number crunchers consider somewhat inflated. …

Population losses hit Northern California cities much harder than Southern California cities
1 year, 7 months ago

Population losses hit Northern California cities much harder than Southern California cities

LA Times  

San Francisco has generated headlines recently due to its dramatic population loss over the last two years, but other Bay Area cities were also ranked as having some of the biggest population losses. Cities in Northern California saw more severe drops in population during the pandemic than those in Southern California, new census data show, with Bay Area communities hit …

California population winners and losers: Why some counties boomed and others shrank
1 year, 8 months ago

California population winners and losers: Why some counties boomed and others shrank

LA Times  

Lassen County, which includes the town of Susanville, shown, had the highest rate of population loss — 6% — between July 2021 and July 2022. Several large urban counties — including Los Angeles, San Francisco and Santa Barbara — have started to rebound from population losses that hit hardest at the beginning of the pandemic. Santa Barbara County is among …

Opinion: No, California doesn’t have a population crisis
1 year, 9 months ago

Opinion: No, California doesn’t have a population crisis

LA Times  

The waterfront of Crescent City in Del Norte County, a part of the state that proportionally suffered some of the biggest recent population losses. California’s biggest recent population losses have been in Los Angeles County and the Bay Area’s Santa Clara and Alameda counties. Proportionally, the state’s largest population losses occurred among rural counties in the Sierra and North Coast, …

California’s population dropped by 500,000 in two years as exodus continues
1 year, 10 months ago

California’s population dropped by 500,000 in two years as exodus continues

LA Times  

The California exodus has shown no sign of slowing down as the state’s population dropped by more than 500,000 people between April 2020 and July 2022, with the number of residents leaving surpassing those moving in by nearly 700,000. California gained about 157,000 more people from natural change — the difference in number between births and deaths — than New …

International migration drove US population growth in 2022
2 years ago

International migration drove US population growth in 2022

Associated Press  

The U.S. population expanded by 1.2 million people this year, with growth largely driven by international migration, and the nation now has 333.2 million residents, according to estimates released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau. Regionally, the Northeast lost almost 219,000 people in a trend largely driven by domestic residents moving out of New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts, as …

California adds new jobs as economy shows signs of slowing
2 years, 7 months ago

California adds new jobs as economy shows signs of slowing

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California employers added 41,400 new jobs in April, dropping the state’s unemployment rate to the lowest its been since the start of the pandemic following 14 consecutive months of growth. The nation’s most populous state has now regained more than 91% of the 2.7 million jobs lost in March and April 2020, back at the start of …

California’s population fell again amid pandemic’s 2nd year
2 years, 7 months ago

California’s population fell again amid pandemic’s 2nd year

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The nation’s most populous state is shrinking. California’s population declined again in 2021 for the second consecutive year, state officials said Monday, the result of a slowdown in births and immigration coupled with an increase in deaths and people leaving the state. But after years of strong growth brought California tantalizingly close to the 40 million milestone, …

California public school enrollment spirals, dropping by 110,000 students this year
2 years, 8 months ago

California public school enrollment spirals, dropping by 110,000 students this year

LA Times  

Students read during class at Pomelo Community Charter School, a K-5 campus in West Hills. California public school enrollment has dropped for the fifth year in a row — a decline of more than 110,000 students — as K-12 campuses struggle against pandemic disruptions and a shrinking population of school-age kids amid wide concerns that the decrease is so large …

Big population drops in Los Angeles, San Francisco transforming urban California
2 years, 8 months ago

Big population drops in Los Angeles, San Francisco transforming urban California

LA Times  

Ethan Roman and his father, Eliazar Cabrera, load boxes into a U-Haul truck as they prepare to move from Los Angeles. Los Angeles and San Francisco saw sizable declines in population during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, new census data show, underscoring how California’s housing crisis and other demographic forces are reshaping two of its largest cities. “And …

‘Stunning’: US population grew at slowest pace on record in 2021
3 years ago

‘Stunning’: US population grew at slowest pace on record in 2021

Al Jazeera  

COVID pandemic, decreased migration and fewer births among reasons for low population growth, US Census Bureau says. The US population grew by about 393,000 in 2021, an historic low of 0.1 percent, according to new estimates released by the Census Bureau on Tuesday. That is the slowest rate of growth on record since 1900 and slower than previous lows during …

Fewer people moving to California, more leaving during the pandemic, study shows
3 years ago

Fewer people moving to California, more leaving during the pandemic, study shows

LA Times  

The number of people moving to California from other states has dropped significantly since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The number of people moving to California from other states has dropped significantly since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, and more Californians are leaving the state, according to a new study released Wednesday. Entrances to California from other states …

Has the Golden State lost its luster? California population shrinks for the first time ever
3 years, 7 months ago

Has the Golden State lost its luster? California population shrinks for the first time ever

LA Times  

California’s historic one-year population decline has some wondering if the Golden State has lost its luster. “California has been a magical landscape for the rest of the world,” said Dana Gioia, former poet laureate for the state. Now it is a place that represents the dream of the elite and the affluent, and that’s an enormous loss for the state.” …

California leaving: State population declines for first time
3 years, 7 months ago

California leaving: State population declines for first time

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s population fell by more than 182,000 last year, the first yearly loss ever recorded for the nation’s most populous state that halted a growth streak dating to its founding in 1850 on the heels of a gold rush that prompted a flood of people to seek their fortune in the West. In recent years, more people …

Column: California’s sluggish population growth has lost us a congressional seat. That should concern us
3 years, 7 months ago

Column: California’s sluggish population growth has lost us a congressional seat. That should concern us

LA Times  

America Barrera, a youth volunteer with CHIRLA, helps Mercedes N. Martinez sign up for the census in MacArthur Park in Los Angeles on July 23, 2019. There’s no denying it: Results from the national head count released Monday by the U.S. Census Bureau showed that for the first time in our 170-year history, California will lose a congressional seat. “California …

Opinion: State population totals stir questions about a possible Latino census undercount
3 years, 7 months ago

Opinion: State population totals stir questions about a possible Latino census undercount

LA Times  

Despite invitations to participate in the 2020 census, concerns grow that Latinos may have been undercounted in some states. But a curious pattern seems to be emerging: The census’ own estimates of some state populations in recent years were higher than the announced decennial count itself, leading to some persuasive speculation that Republican efforts to reduce participation in the count, …

California losing congressional seat for first time
3 years, 7 months ago

California losing congressional seat for first time

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California, for decades a symbol of boundless growth and opportunity that attracted people from across the country and abroad, has seen its population growth stall and is losing a U.S. House seat for the first time in its 170-year history. “It’s certainly a remarkable result given the broader history of the state, which has been just almost …

Awaiting census count, California ponders slow growth future
3 years, 8 months ago

Awaiting census count, California ponders slow growth future

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — In 1962, when California’s population of more than 17 million surpassed New York’s, Gov. “You can say that California is a state, but it’s also a state of mind, it’s a collection of ideas and images and, frankly, some unrealistic dreams, too,” said D.J. “So this moment, this 2020 census moment, puts in relief our need to …

Column: The California exodus is a myth. But that doesn’t stop the haters
3 years, 8 months ago

Column: The California exodus is a myth. But that doesn’t stop the haters

LA Times  

Early in the 1990s, Time magazine published a lurid cover — the sun setting into a blood-red sea — fronting a special edition devoted to the decline and fall of the great Golden State. Half of registered voters surveyed in a 2019 Berkeley IGS poll described the state as “one of the best places to live,” and 25% said California …

Column: California isn’t ‘hemorrhaging’ people, but there are reasons for concern
4 years ago

Column: California isn’t ‘hemorrhaging’ people, but there are reasons for concern

LA Times  

That sound Californians are hearing from beyond the Sierra and as far away as the Gulf of Mexico is bragging. Johnson also notes, however, that “in some ways, the latest year’s data is just an incremental change from what we’ve been seeing over a couple of decades, which has been slowing population growth rates for California.” He adds that the …

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