SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The nation’s most populous state is growing again.
California gained population last year for the first time since 2019, according to a new estimate released Tuesday by Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration.
The net increase of just over 67,000 residents in 2023 — a 0.17% increase — stopped a three-year trend of population decline, which included the state’s first-ever year-over-year loss during the pivotal census year of 2020 that later led to California losing a congressional seat. The state estimates California now has more than 39.1 million residents.
The Newsom administration had blamed the decline on a combination of increased mortality rates during the coronavirus pandemic, a declining birth rate and a slowdown in legal international immigration caused by the pandemic and stricter immigration rules during President Donald Trump’s administration.
Who is Jacob Zuma, the former South African president disqualified from next week's election?
Incyte, Squarespace rise; Chimera Investment, Amazon fall, Monday, 5/13/2024
Doomsday prepper reveals what it is really like to live off
Horrifying moment gunmen open fire and massacre eight people at Mexican beer warehouse
76 years of Nakba: Palestinians fear a repeat of their painful history
GOP attorneys general sue Biden administration and California over rules on gas
Amir Khan's £11.5m luxury wedding venue finally hosts its first marriage: Bride arrives on horse
'Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes' reigns at the box...
Devout Christian doctor, 68, who punched dementia
Major blow in crackdown on airline's sneaky added fees