California saw almost 1% of its residents move to other states in the year ended July 1, but that outflow was largely balanced by births and international immigration, according to new data., released Thursday. By contrast, New York, which saw the biggest net decline in population, lost 180,341 people, or about 0.9%, over the course of that year.During the period ended July 1 of this year, the state saw 343,230 residents depart for other states.
The Golden State also saw net influx of 125,715 people from international migration. That gain placed No. 1 nationwide, edging out Florida's net increase due to such migration of 125,629 people and Texas’ of 118,614. Every state and the District of Columbia had net gains from international migration in the past year.
Over the course of that year, Texas for the first time joined California as the only other state with more than 30 million residents; California remains far larger, though, with about 9 million more residents.