12/30/2023

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New Census Numbers Show Americans Are Ditching Blue States for Red States in Droves

 By Warner Todd Huston  December 21, 2023 at 1:35pm

New data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows that more Americans are giving up life in Democrat-run states and moving their families and businesses to GOP-led states.

A report Tuesday on population and housing unit estimates said blue states such as California, Illinois and New York are losing thousands more residents every year, while red states such as Texas and Florida are growing from this internal migration.

The South has been the big winner in the moving game, according to a Census Bureau news release.

“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 bureau said.

Indeed, not even COVID-19 stopped the burgeoning region.

“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,” the bureau said.

The Western U.S., excluding the coast, also saw a small expansion of residents, according to the report. The data show 137,299 people were added there this year, a bit fewer than the 157,480 added in 2022.

But the Northeast was hard hit by people fleeing their environs.

“The Northeast’s population declined in 2023, down 43,330, but the loss was considerably smaller than the 216,576 decline in 2022 or the 187,054 decline in 2021, reflecting substantially less outmigration to other regions,” the bureau said.

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It said New York and Pennsylvania were the only Northeastern states to lose population this year.

Eight states saw a net loss of population in 2023, and six out of that number were blue states: California (loss of 75,423), Hawaii (4,261), Illinois (32,826), New York (101,984), Oregon (6,021) and Pennsylvania (10,408). Louisiana (loss of 14,274) and West Virginia (3,964) were the only red states to see a population decline.

The Census Bureau noted that these eight states collectively lost 249,161 people in 2023 compared with a loss of 509,789 in 2022. The bureau also said most of these states have been losing population annually since 2020.

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