1/17/2023 0 Comments New california republic population![]() The overall loss was pegged at 182,083 and pandemic-related deaths were responsible for a little over a quarter of that decline. The latest media coverage also overemphasized the role that the Covid-19 played in the state’s population decline. In fact, the Census Bureau last December estimated that during the 2019-20 fiscal year that ended last June 30, the state’s population had declined – a report largely ignored by the state’s media. The overwrought articles made much of California’s having lost population for the first time in recorded history, with multiple references to the state’s reputation for steady – and sometimes spectacular – population growth since statehood was achieved in 1850 and its loss of one congressional seat.Īpparently, those who treated the population numbers as an apocalyptic revelation hadn’t been paying attention because California had been heading toward zero or even negative population growth for at least a quarter-century, as those of us who track demographic trends had often noted. ![]() California and national news organizations went a little berserk last week when the state Department of Finance announced that the state’s estimated population declined a bit in 2020.
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