New York misplaced probably the most residents previously 12 months in comparison with every other state within the nation, based on new U.S. Census Bureau knowledge launched Tuesday.
Of the eight states that noticed their populations fall in 2023, New York misplaced probably the most, seeing 101,984 folks depart the Empire State.
That was adopted by California, which misplaced 75,423 residents, Illinois, which misplaced 32,826, and Louisiana, at 14,274. Pennsylvania noticed 10,408 residents depart the state, whereas Oregon noticed 6,021 transfer away. Hawaii misplaced 4,261, and West Virginia misplaced 3,964, based on the brand new Classic 2023 inhabitants estimates.
Home Republican Convention Chairwoman Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., on Thursday stated the mass exodus from New York demonstrated ”the results of Far Left Democrat management.”
RED STATES SEE 2023 POPULATION GROWTH AS AMERICANS FLEE BLUE STATES, CENSUS DATA SHOWS
The solar rises on the skyline of midtown Manhattan and the Empire State Constructing in New York Metropolis on Dec. 12, 2023, as seen from Jersey Metropolis, New Jersey. (Gary Hershorn/Getty Pictures)
”Far Left Kathy Hochul and Albany Democrats have made New York so unlivable that our state leads the nation in inhabitants loss with greater than 102,000 residents leaving in a single 12 months alone,” Stefanik stated in an announcement. ”With file crime and value of residing far past the nationwide common, New York’s mass exodus is much from over. If Far Left Democrats in Albany don’t begin placing the security and prosperity of New Yorkers earlier than their extremist agenda, there shall be no extra residents left to tax and fund their radical, socialist packages.”
Fox Information Digital reached out to Hochul’s workplace for remark, however they didn’t instantly reply.
Collectively, the eight states that noticed declines had a inhabitants lack of 249,161 in 2023, in comparison with a lack of 509,789 in 2022.
Whereas many of those states have misplaced inhabitants yearly since 2020, their inhabitants declines have slowed, the U.S. Census Bureau reported.
In the meantime, as of early December, New York Metropolis has recorded an inflow of greater than 150,100 migrants from the southern border because the spring of 2022, based on the New York Occasions. And New York Metropolis Mayor Eric Adams’ workplace has been working with Hochul towards resettling these asylum seekers throughout the state.
As of July 2023, New York nonetheless ranked because the fourth most populous state within the nation, with greater than 19.5 million residents.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed laws making a fee for the examine of reparations in New York on Dec. 19, 2023, in New York Metropolis. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Pictures)
The report launched by the U.S. Census Bureau on Tuesday reveals pink states specifically noticed inhabitants progress in 2023, as Individuals flee blue states.
As extra states expertise inhabitants will increase, that progress is not concentrated in just a few states, based on the U.S. Census Bureau. For instance, 4 southern states – Texas, Florida, North Carolina and Georgia – accounted for 93% of the nation’s inhabitants progress in 2022, however solely 67% in 2023.
Rep. Elise Stefanik blasted New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and the state’s far left management for the mass exodus of residents seen in 2023. (AP Photograph/Alex Brandon)
Texas skilled the most important numeric change within the nation, including 473,453 folks, adopted by Florida, which added 365,205 residents.
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South Carolina and Florida had been the 2 fastest-growing states within the nation, rising by 1.7% and 1.6%, respectively, in 2023.