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Populations Are Shrinking In These Eight US States

NYC alone saw a bigger loss than the entire state of California.

3 weeks ago · 24.1k reads ·

In 2023, the US population grew by roughly 0.5 percent — around 1.58 million people — but the figure varies widely from state to state. Using Census Bureau data, the team at Visual Capitalist ranked the states that experienced population declines between July 1, 2022, and July 1, 2023.

In the space of a year, New York saw a population change of -0.52 percent, the largest decline of any state. In fact, the population of New York City alone dropped by 77,000 people over the same period — a bigger loss than was seen across the whole of California (75,000 people).

Puerto Rico had the second-largest population dip in terms of percentage changes (-0.45 percent), followed by Louisiana (0.31 percent) and Hawaii (-0.30 percent).

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Via Visual Capitalist.

[Image credit: Josh Hild]

Comments

Ken Place 1 week ago

California was the most populous state in the US with a population of 39.24 million people in 2021.
Texas with a population of 29.53 million was the second most populated state in the US.
Florida was the third most populated state with a population of 21.78 million.
allen morgan 3 weeks ago

West Va unfortunately has always been a "from state"...not a "go to state". Its a beautifull state...perhaps its more a retirement state.
Paul Weber 3 weeks ago

The top three states have been run by Democrats for decades. That's not a coincidence.
1. bryan johnson 1 week ago
  
  Ny and California (& Texas) have a gdp that qualify is as actual countries. California is suffering because republicans don’t believe in climate change, nyc got too rich for normal income people to live there. And if weak MAGA snowflakes want to move out of our states, please don’t let. The door hit you. And don’t come begging hat in hand when you can’t pay for your own emergencies. It lacks dignity; I know after Trump there is little you won’t stoop to, but still
2. JDenzer 3 weeks ago
  
  An infographic with zero indication of whether the population drop is good or bad.
  Yet, you decided to choose the negative and justify it by being partisan and providing no evidence to back it up. Why am I not surprised?
  How about you research before making baseless claims? Try reading this first and dig deeper.
  https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/population-decline-will-change-the-world-for-the-better/
3. What what in the but... 3 weeks ago
  
  This is during the pandemic not a coincidence. Or do we need to argue there was no pandemic. Not really in the mood for that.
4. Dylan 3 weeks ago
  
  The top three states have the largest cities in America. That's not a coincidence.