Hopefully, these people don’t remake the red states into blue states! But we can shove this in California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s smug face.
California lost the most residents in 2023. The bastion of freedom Newsom loves to brag about lost 75,423 people.
The awful state of Florida? It added…365,205 residents and was one of the fastest-growing states, along with South Carolina.
The expansion of the South — the nation’s most populous region — accounted for 87% of the nation’s growth in 2023, as the region added over 1.4 million residents for a total population of 130,125,290. The South is the only region to have maintained population growth throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. The growth in 2023 can largely be attributed to the region’s migration patterns as 706,266 people were added via net domestic migration, while net international migration contributed almost 500,000 to the total.
Only Texas beat Florida by adding 473,453 people.
“As more states experience population growth, that growth is no longer concentrated in only a few states,” the report said. “For example, four southern states — Texas, Florida, North Carolina and Georgia — accounted for 93% of the nation’s population growth in 2022, but only 67% in 2023.”
It’ not shocking that Illinois, New York, Oregon, and Pennsylvania lost residents. Other states include Hawaii, Louisiana, and West Virginia.
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