As pandemic patterns of U.S. population growth are now normalizing, three economically successful states are shrinking. According to a December release by the Census Bureau, California, Illinois and New York, as well as West Virginia, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Hawaii and Oregon, all lost population in 2023 compared to 2022.
Throughout the new Census first released in 2020, all three states have shown continuously sinking population numbers. New York and Illinois even started to see their populations decline under the old Census since 2016 and 2014, respectively, while California experienced a stagnating number of inhabitants in 2019.
The following chart shows the U.S. states that are losing or gaining population.
Original source: https://www.statista.com/chart/12484/population-growth-in-the-united-states-by-federal-state/
