After years of decline, California reported its largest population increase since 2020 due to immigration.
This was announced by the state’s Department of Finance (DOF). report It noted that California’s population as of January 1, 2024 was 39,128,162 people, adding that this is “positive population growth.”
This means that the state’s population increased by approximately 67,000 people, an increase of 0.17 percent.
“For the first time since 2020, California experienced positive population growth again in 2023, driven by declining mortality rates and a rebound in legal alien immigration,” the California Department of State said in a statement. Ta. statement.
California DOF officials attribute the increase to legal immigration, fewer deaths from COVID-19 and natural population growth.
“With immigration backlogs largely resolved and deaths returning to long-term trends, the state has returned to a stable base for continued growth,” the state’s DOF said. “With net domestic immigration retreating to 2010s low levels, California is likely to experience moderate but positive growth in the near term.”
The report also found that the state’s population increased in 31 counties, including the “Bay Area, Central Valley, and Inland Empire.” press release From Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA).
Los Angeles County’s population grew by 0.05 percent and Orange County’s population grew by 0.31 percent, according to a press release.
“People from across the country and around the world come to the Golden State to pursue the California dream and experience the success of the world’s fifth-largest economy,” Newsom said. “From the Inland Empire to the Bay Area, regions across California are growing, strengthening local communities and fueling the state’s future.”
During the COVID-19 pandemic, California has lost about 500,000 people, or about half of the state’s population.
red fin report A study from February 2023 found that more people attempted to leave San Francisco and Los Angeles in January than any other metropolitan area in the United States.
The report from the California Department of State follows an unofficial report from Border Patrol agents seen by Breitbart News that Border Patrol agents intercepted approximately 25,000 migrants in the San Diego area in the first 21 days of April. This shows that it was encountered.
Undocumented immigrants living in California became eligible for taxpayer-funded health insurance earlier this year.
This comes as the state is still grappling with population decline. In December 2023, U.S. Census Bureau data showed California’s population decreased by 75,000 people between 2022 and 2023.
The state’s population is estimated at 38.965 billion, still far below its 2019 peak of 39.5 million.
