But a swath of western and southern states have beaten the odds by luring new residents, while coastal heavyweights like New York and California lost the most people during that time.
According to new data released this week by the US Census Bureau, the country's population grew by only 0.35% from July 2019 to July 2020, by just 1.1 million people. It marked the "lowest annual growth rate since at least 1900," demographer William Frey, a fellow at the Brookings Institution's Metropolitan Policy Program, said inStates in the Northeast and Midwest saw slight declines in population, while the South and West saw slight upticks.
The increases, though, are significant because they reveal where Americans moved during the coronavirus pandemic — and they overwhelmingly flocked to less dense swaths in the middle of the country. Idaho had the largest year-over-year increase. The state grew by 2.1% to a total of 1.8 million residents. Californians, in particular, have
I think time to sell 1 million dollar houses 🤣ASAP
I wanna move out of US
Great. Just leave your bs lefty politics behind.
good luck
And what’s the most notable difference between those states....? 🤔 Socialism vs. Freedom
Haha I wonder why