Posted on 05/08/2021 7:16:07 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — 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.
The figures released Friday followed last week’s announcement from the U.S. Census Bureau that California would lose a congressional seat for the first time because it grew more slowly than other states over the past decade. Still, California’s population of just under 39.5 million and soon-to-be 52-member congressional delegation remain by far the largest.
California’s population has surged and slowed in the decades since its founding, with notable increases following World War II and the tech boom of the 1980s and ’90s that put Silicon Valley on the map.
In recent years, more people have left California for other states than have moved there, a trend Republicans say is a result of the state’s high taxes and progressive politics. The average sale price of a single-family home in California hit a record $758,990 in March, a 23.9% increase from a year ago.
“The numbers don’t lie. People are leaving our state because it’s not affordable to live here,” tweeted Kevin Faulconer, the former mayor of San Diego and one of the Republican candidates hoping to unseat Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom in this year’s expected recall election.
But the Newsom administration says California’s population decline is an outlier, blaming it on the coronavirus pandemic that turned everything upside down in 2020.
California has been steadily losing people to other states for years. From 2010 to 2020, about 6.1 million people left for other states and only 4.9 million arrived from other parts of the country...
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“ The numbers don’t lie…”
Yeah they do. It was way more than that.
This is great news! NOT!!!
Better to have all the liberal nutjobs concentrate their damage in a single state than spread around like COVID and infect other freedom loving locales. What would a conservative do if all these transplants turn a state like Texas or Florida blue.
Remember when Nevada used to be a red state?
this may be bad news as well. They will be moving to a red state , red city and F it up like CO or MN.
I fully believe that many people are moving out of California.
What I don’t believe is that the population is decreasing. The illegals coming in daily more than make up for the people leaving.
From 2010 to 2020, about 6.1 million people left for other states and only 4.9 million arrived from other parts of the country...
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4.9 million arrived from Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras!
MN was f’ed up not from people coming from California.
Are you in utah?
Don’t overlook the immigration from asian countries. In my neighborhood everything is being purchased by Koreans and Vietnamese. Good thing is, they are all paying well more that asking price. I’ll be headed to Texas soon.
I’ll be headed to Texas soon.
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You may want to rethink this...
Texas will be blue very soon...
I’ll be headed to Texas soon.
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You may want to rethink this...
Take it from me.....Texas is FULL.
:-)
Minnesota was F^CKED up by people from Scandinavia.
LOL. I have lots of family in east Texas, I really love that state. Wherever you see an American flag, you see a Texas flag right next to it, They are a proud bunch.
The more humans that leave my home state the happier I’ll be.
Yes .
Big contract.
Cali everywhere .
Worst news
Millenias .
Red state death sentence.
Trump made sure the census only counted US citizens.
Just one more reason the Left hates him.
So is South Dakota!
:)
The California refugees will populate other states turning them into California.
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