Posted on 09/17/2023 7:38:45 AM PDT by george76
New census data shows San Francisco has many fewer service workers than before the pandemic and continues to lose residents who haven’t gone to college.
San Francisco continues to lose residents who haven’t attended college, according to newly released census data.
Between 2021 and 2022, the number of San Franciscans ages 25 or older with a high school degree or less fell from 144,000 to 142,000, contributing to a 14% decline during the past three years. That’s far higher than the city’s estimated 8% overall loss of 25 and older adults during that period.
In contrast, the U.S. overall only saw a decline of 3% of adults who had not attended college between 2019 and 2022.
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Prior to the pandemic, San Francisco’s non-college-attending population was increasing. Between 2018 and 2019, the subpopulation grew by 5,500 people or 3.5% — an outsize growth compared with the 0.2% decline in the overall city population.
But as the city shut down in early 2020 and thousands of residents left, it wasn’t just the highly educated tech workers who moved away as remote work allowed them to work from anywhere. Service workers, including people in sales, restaurant employees and other typically lower-wage workers, were forced out of the city as COVID-19 disrupted industries and the cost of living continued to rise.
San Francisco has recovered some of these workers since the height of the pandemic. The 2022 data shows a small increase in the number of service workers living in the city compared with last year.
But these numbers are far lower than pre-pandemic counts. Moreover, while the loss of lower-wage workers is a national trend, the data show it is far more pronounced in San Francisco.
The number of S.F. residents that are service workers, for instance, is down 32% since 2019, compared with a 7% nationwide loss. The city also has 22% fewer sales and office workers since 2019, while the national totals are close to what they once were. Overall, S.F.’s workforce declined by about 13% from 2019 to 2022.
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Recovery in the largest occupation category for S.F. residents — the broad category of management, business, science and arts — also lags behind national trends. The city has 5.5% fewer workers in this category, while the country has 9% more than in 2019. This job category includes people in business, finance, engineering, law, the sciences, education and design — in other words, jobs that typically offer remote work options. This is likely because San Francisco continues to have a high share of jobs offering hybrid or fully remote work, allowing employees to avoid living in one of the most expensive places in the country.
So the “smart” college people stay...while the “uneducated” leave to get away from the crime and filth.
Makes sense.
My guess is that this study omitted NON WORKING adults and ILLEGALS.
Quick! Send San Fransicko a trainload of illegal aliens to close the gap.
This is supposed to elicit sympathy.
Yawn.
Low wage workers are the most affected by crime. They can afford it least.
Funny how the Chron doesn’t get that. Or rather, the “American” Nami Sumida. Yup, that’s a real staunch American name. Right up there with Smith and Jones.
Nami Sumida. Sounds like something you would order at a Japanese restaurant.
Does Nancy live there now ? LOL
I get your sarcasm. I find it rather telling and it confirms my opinion about the state of higher education today that the majority of college grads are totally brainwashed from the commies that have influenced their lives for 16+ years.
” fell from 144,000 to 142,000, contributing to a 14% decline”
How is this a 14% decline? Is this the new math or what?
They still have plenty of “non college” attendees to break into cars, loot, rob, beat, rape etc.
“… So the “smart” college people stay...”
I’d think that a pretty large share of that are school, city, state and federal employees, who can’t move as easily.
WHO, but Gays and CRIMINALS and HOMELESS, are STAYING IN THAT CESSPOOL??
>” fell from 144,000 to 142,000, contributing to a 14% decline”
How is this a 14% decline? Is this the new math or what?<
My thoughts also. My guess is it’s a typo. 164,000 to 142,000 would be a 14% drop.
EC
Maybe the ‘uneducated’ can’t afford slick accountants to get them out of the California, tax straight jacket
Cancer on the move, they wanted it they voted for it and now they are running from it, the rot will settle in your town and city and do the same
Numb Nuts left out the decimal point? The propagandists love statistics because the average Joe won’t take time to check the math or the convoluted logic and call BS.
If you wonder why AZ is turning dim, die hard McCain crew and Kali types. Oh, and illegal aliens.
Makes sense.
Particularly so when you consider that those with college backgrounds may have learned there that San Francisco, in its current iteration, is pure utopia, while those leaving plainly understand reality.
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