During the first year of the coronavirus pandemic, California’s population dropped by nearly 262,000 people to about 39.2 million, new census figures show.
While COVID-19 pushed the death rate up in every state in the nation, that wasn’t the biggest factor in California’s decline from July 1, 2020, to June 30, 2021. Instead, according to census estimates, the primary reason was the huge gap between how many people moved out of the state and how few moved in.
Every county, however, did not fare equally. Here are 10 maps and a chart that show how the population grew and shrank in different counties, and how California fits in with national trends.It was coastal California that lost the most residents, led by Los Angeles County, whose population dropped by almost 160,000 people — more than any other county in the nation. Interior counties, however, grew; Riverside County’s gain of nearly 36,000 residents was the third-largest in the U.S.
There are two components that contribute to population changes: natural change, which is the difference between the number of births and deaths, and net migration, which is the difference between how many people move in and out. Here’s a deeper look at each of those factors.The pandemic increased mortality rates nationwide, and California was no exception. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, more than 332,000 California residents died from July 1, 2020, to June 30, 2021.
. That’s the largest decrease due to migration of all 50 states, although New York and Illinois had higher per-capita rates.The migration rate is broken into two components: people moving in and out from other places in the U.S., and people moving into and out of foreign countries. California lost about 367,000 residents through domestic migration, but gained more than 14,000 through international migration.
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