Posted on 12/29/2022 7:03:45 AM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
HARRISBURG — The American population might be growing, but Pennsylvania remains a leading state for Americans to flee, rather than stay.
The commonwealth is one of 18 states to lose population in 2022, according to new data from the Census Bureau, and one of the worst performers. The data is confirmation of a long-running trend: Pennsylvania has a population problem, and the end isn’t yet in sight.
The latest Census data shows the American population grew by 1.26 million (0.4%) since a year ago, with the primary growth being more than 1 million immigrants landing on American soil. Natural change (births minus deaths) added almost 250,000 Americans.
“A rebound in net international migration, coupled with the largest year-over-year increase in total births since 2007, is behind this increase,” said Kristie Wilder, a demographer in the Population Division at the Census Bureau.
Pennsylvania, however, is seeing little of that growth. It was second in the nation (behind Florida) with the biggest natural decrease (more deaths than births) of 23,000 residents. Neighboring Ohio was third, with a 19,500 resident drop.
While Pennsylvania remains the fifth most populous state with just under 13 million people, it’s ranked fourth for the biggest one-year population decline. Since July 2021, the commonwealth has lost 40,000 people.
Some of the Keystone State’s woes reflect regional trends. While the South and the West have continued to grow in population and in economy, the Midwest and the Northeast keep losing population. Their people keep leaving for greener pastures away from home.
“The declines in these regions were due to negative net domestic migration,” the Census noted.
Those declines aren’t new.
(Excerpt) Read more at post-gazette.com ...
A family member visited a friend out there about 20-25 years ago; he described television commercials encouraging young people to stay in the state.
There had been (and may still be) a trend of people attending college out of state (in the south, mostly), lining up a job there, and never looking back.
It's not the flight to sanity that today's migration is, but the exodus from PA is not new.
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Right. What you describe there has been going on for years out in western PA. That region has been cursed with a combination of declining industry and terrible weather — both of which have a way of chasing ambitious young people away.
“The latest Census data shows the American population grew by 1.26 million (0.4%) since a year ago, with the primary growth being more than 1 million immigrants landing on American soil.”
Let that sink in. We’re being REPLACED in our own country as our ‘betters’ work on killing us off, while decreasing our natural birth rate. By design.
One World Government, full steam ahead! *SPIT*
Probably never because red states are also being invaded by illegals. I am in Florida, and there are planty of illegals here who can not understand any English.
We’ll see if Josh Shapiro can move those numbers higher when he becomes the new governor.
Something Fetterman this way comes.
I was born in Pittsburgh and left when I was 10 days old. Never been back.
So, it’s not my fault, though many will disagree.
I hate to break it to the folks fleeing, but no red state is safe from stolen elections.
Not one of them.
Every time census data is released folks (mostly on FR) misconstrue the meaning of some of the data. Every census document that shows international migration has this description of the data.
Significant to international migration is the movement of US armed forces and the migration from PR and the US. So it does not include just the foreign population (legal and illegal) to the US.
The disclaimer:
Net international migration for the United States includes the international migration of both U.S.-born and non-U.S.-born populations. Specifically, it includes: (a) the net international migration of the non-U.S. born, (b) the net migration of U.S. born to and from the United States, (c) the net migration between the United States and Puerto Rico, and (d) the net movement of the Armed Forces population between the United States and overseas.
You could buy a house for about 20-30k ..10 years ago.
I bought one for 10k...sure it needed some cosmetic work ..but 10k!
Sorry i sold it.
Rent was 1/3 what is now.
Those days are gone..
Sometimes I wonder if they are just correcting for the 2020 Census overcounts.
Illegal aliens - preventing Civil War by taking over the country . . .
True. Florida is better than most, but the systems are only as good as the people running them.
But to me, Florida is still loads better than my old state of Maryland, which, once again, has a Communist in the governor’s mansion beginning in January.
Fetidman.
Yep
Let me hesitantly say this;
Africa, muslim and CA countries aren’t even the worst problem.
Youngish white (women)who vote stupidly against their own best interest contribute to the ridiculous election results in states like PA
I can’t wait to move out.
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