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| Curse of the blue states: Domestic migration |
| 2022-12-26 |
| [Breitbart] Blue states saw the largest population declines in 2022, while red states topped the list with the most population growth, United States Census Bureau figures reveal. This year, California saw more than 343,000 residents leave the state — more than any other in the nation — followed by nearly 300,000 residents who left New York, and almost 142,000 residents who fled Illinois. At the same time, more Americans resettled in Florida, more than 318,000, than any other state this year. Texas saw the second-largest net domestic migration with nearly 231,000 Americans moving to the state, followed by North Carolina, where almost 100,000 Americans moved. The growth of Texas, for instance, now makes it one of only two states that has a more than 30 million residents. The other state to have that many is California. In just the last 22 years, Texas has added more than 10 million residents. By region, the South was the fastest growing this year — adding about 1.3 million residents, nearly 868,000 of which were Americans who moved to the South and the other 415,000 who were newly arrived immigrants. The West, likewise, grew in population, adding fewer than 154,000 residents. Meanwhile, the Northeast and Midwest both saw population declines this year, attributed to Americans moving out of both regions for other destinations in the South and West. The Northeast, alone, lost nearly 219,000 residents this year, while the Midwest saw almost 49,000 Americans leave the region. In total, the U.S. population climbed to a record 333 million residents this year. More than 80 percent of the rapid population growth is driven by the nation’s legal immigration policy that brings more than a million foreign nationals to the U.S. annually and gives them green cards. Without immigration, the U.S. population would have stabilized at a comfortable 245,000 new residents last year as the result of new births versus deaths. |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #6 What has left Blue cities, for the most part, is jobs. Youngstown, OH, for example, has lost 60% of its population due to the steel industry cratering. The biggest demising employer, GMS Lordstown Plant, is now dead. That kills all the suppliers and distribution centers in the area. Jobs have left but crime and poverty have not. What is left is a welfare funded vote center for politicians like Tim Ryan. The blue collar folks are still in Ohio or across the Pennsylvania border. Rich liberals live in by Columbus or in smaller enclaves like Khe Sahn throughout the state. It is an interesting dynamic because during their BLM fueled Tet Offensive they attacked their own strongholds. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2022-12-26 14:31 |
| #5 In the 1950s, Philly had twice the populationit does now. |
| Posted by: Regular joe 2022-12-26 13:43 |
| #4 Way too many Californians who moved to Austin and Dallas seem to have brought their failed ideas with them. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2022-12-26 12:55 |
| #3 Left CA in 2019 and the financial and cultural improvement was immediate. The most ompactful thing about the exodus numbers is that the departures are from the TAX PAYING element of society. The replacement numbers often cited by the professional prevaricators in Sacramento never mention the net fiscal impact of this. Tragic to see the demise of what was once the genuine Golden State I discovered in 1969! |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2022-12-26 12:14 |
| #2 /\ Machine voting and drop boxes are also 'blue' enabling factors in Ga. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2022-12-26 09:22 |
| #1 And those big blue states are still solidly blue but between this migration and (illegal and) legal immigration the big red states are turning blue (e.g. Georgia.) |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2022-12-26 09:16 |