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.
Bizarre moment yacht gets wedged underneath railway arches while being carried on a low
Chinese small home appliances aim for high
China's courier delivering volume hits 132 billion parcels in 2023
Yearender: Silicon Valley keeps trends as Artificial Intelligence goes mainstream in 2017
5 takeaways from the global negotiations on a treaty to end plastic pollution
Xi Extends Greetings Ahead of Farmers' Harvest Festival
China discovers new oilfield with over 100 mln tones of reserves
Major lithium reserves discovered in Sichuan
India recalls Rishabh Pant for T20 World Cup after near
Climate change risks for fish across world: UW researchers
South African boxer Dingaan Thobela, 'The Rose of Soweto,' dies aged 57
Xi Story: President Xi's Sports Aspiration