White People are leaving the Golden State in a mass exodus (retire, island)

[jacobwilliam77]

So I was looking at this census 2010 publication http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/b...c2010br-05.pdf and it was saying California was near the bottom when it comes to non-hispanic white population loss in the 2000's. It declined 5.4% percent. But look at all of the rest of the western states in there change of non-hispanic whites...they all gained...

Utah 16.7%
Idaho 15.5%
Arizona 12.9%
Nevada 12.2%
Hawaii 11.6%
Wyoming 10.3%
Colorado 9.9%
Montana 7.5%
Alaska 7.4%
Oregon 5.2%
Washington 4.8%
New Mexico 2.5%
California -5.4%

[Fontucky]

5.4% = mass exodus? If 5.4 was an earthquake, we'd laugh it off.

[dynimagelv]

Originally Posted by Fontucky

5.4% = mass exodus? If 5.4 was an earthquake, we'd laugh it off.

We get 5.4% on a good weekend in las Vgas

[rimmerama]

Is that an "exodus," or is that because other populations have grown?

[.highnlite]

Just so you know, we moved from one of those western states to California. It is a great place to retire to.

[18Montclair]

Originally Posted by jacobwilliam77

So I was looking at this census 2010 publication http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/b...c2010br-05.pdf and it was saying California was near the bottom when it comes to non-hispanic white population loss in the 2000's. It declined 5.4% percent. But look at all of the rest of the western states in there change of non-hispanic whites...they all gained...

Utah 16.7%
Idaho 15.5%
Arizona 12.9%
Nevada 12.2%
Hawaii 11.6%
Wyoming 10.3%
Colorado 9.9%
Montana 7.5%
Alaska 7.4%
Oregon 5.2%
Washington 4.8%
New Mexico 2.5%
California -5.4%

The number of people leaving California is signifantly smaller due to the sour economy nationwide.

This article came out last week on the issue:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/28/us...-shifting.html

[fresnofresno]

Its only 5.4 percent but that's a lot of white folks.

[TimC2462]

Originally Posted by jacobwilliam77

So I was looking at this census 2010 publication http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/b...c2010br-05.pdf and it was saying California was near the bottom when it comes to non-hispanic white population loss in the 2000's. It declined 5.4% percent. But look at all of the rest of the western states in there change of non-hispanic whites...they all gained...

Utah 16.7%
Idaho 15.5%
Arizona 12.9%
Nevada 12.2%
Hawaii 11.6%
Wyoming 10.3%
Colorado 9.9%
Montana 7.5%
Alaska 7.4%
Oregon 5.2%
Washington 4.8%
New Mexico 2.5%
California -5.4%

Parse data much to make Hispanics look bad?

Let's look at the whole picture.

Massachusetts –4.0%
Maryland –3.9%
Rhode Island –6.4%
New Jersey -6.2%
Connecticut -3.5

[Natural510]

A lot of black folks are leaving the state as well.

[Shawn_Estrada]

And does it matter? Who cares.. the greenback knows no colors...