registered the second-lowest decade growth in its history-a consequence, in large part, of the aging of its population, which led to more deaths and fewer births. The 2020 census showed that from 2010 to 2020, the U.S. While COVID-19 clearly played a role in this near-zero population growth, that growth had begun to plummet even before the pandemic. In some states, especially California and New York, population losses were exacerbated by inflated out-migration during the pandemic, just as other states such as Florida and Texas benefitted from greater population in-flows. The new estimates show that during this period, population growth declined from the previous year in 31 of 50 states as well as Washington, D.C., with 18 states sustaining absolute population losses.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |