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Just reviewed some recent population data involving western U.S.
Here are some quick items:
California shrunk for 2nd straight year in 2021 but the rate slowed.
LA lost about 70,000 recently. San Francisco also among big hits. Seattle was reportedly fastest growing at city level in last 5 years (probably on percentage basis but not sure).
Texas added more people between 2020 and 2021 than any other state at about 330,000. Arizona was one of very few to grow by over 100,000.
Idaho tops for % growth, followed by Utah and now Montana. Wyoming barely grew.
Nation as a whole grew at slowest rate ever because of more deaths, fewer births and less reported immigration.
I might have more items later. Real data on 2022 (up thru June or July) may be coming fairly soon.
The info came from a half dozen articles. The Seattle statement may have been from 2020 or perhaps earlier. I wondered about that but was in a hurry to post and get back to something else. Maybe I'll find it again.
Update.
From your article:
"For six consecutive years, Seattle ranked in the top 2 for the rate of growth. And in the 2019 to 2020 period, before the effects of the pandemic were captured in the data, Seattle was No. 1 again."
So the data I mentioned must have come from 2020.
The high general growth is still notable with the pandemic caveat.
From your article: "It shows that from July 1, 2020, to July 1, 2021, at the peak of the pandemic, Seattle had a net loss of nearly 4,300 people, which represents a decline of 0.6%."
Nothing too earth shattering there. Not surprising considering tech was largely WFH during that period. Traffic lately has been pretty insane, so I'm pretty sure it has gained those people and more back already.
Colorado lost a bit of population in 2020. Growing again but not that fast, slower than 5-10 years ago. Was forecast to stay a top 5 growth rate state over next 20 years but could that projection be overly optimistic now? Time will give more information. See where things are in 2025.
Between July 2020 and 2021 (according to Census), "the west" as a whole barely grew. Up about 35k. California lost 250,000 (or about 0.6%) to offset most of the gains elsewhere. Idaho was up by about 50k. Colorado by just 30k but it did grow. Utah up almost 60k. Montana up 30k. Wyoming up about 1500. Nevada only up 30k.
Northeast and midwest down slightly. Almost all the growth in the south (up about 815,000).
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