Leaving the once Golden State
- California would be shrinking if it was not for legal and illegal immigration from foreign nations.
- A shrinking population is more than fine with me. Call me a "crazy" Luddite, but adding millions new drivers to California's already bumper-to-bumper freeways does not improve anyone's quality of life.
(Sacramento Bee) - An unprecedented number of Californians left for other states during the last decade, according to new tax return data from the Internal Revenue Service.
About 5 million Californians left between 2004 and 2013. Roughly 3.9 million people came here from other states during that period, for a net population loss of more than 1 million people.
The trend resulted in a net loss of about $26 billion in annual income.
About 600,000 California residents left for Texas, which drew more Californians than any other state. Roughly 350,000 people came from California to Texas.
The recession and housing bust, which hit California harder than most states, likely played a role in the trend. Conservative analyst and Hoover Institute Fellow Carson Bruno also blames the state's high cost of living and tax structure.
Based on tax returns, the IRS migration data is considered the gold standard for measuring population shifts, though it lags two to three years behind the current date. The latest, separate estimates from the state Department of Finance showed net domestic migration losses slowing, but not abating, in 2014.
Despite the loss of residents to other states, California continued to grow during the last decade because of natural increase - more births than deaths - and foreign migration.
This graphic shows the number of people who came to and left California from each state during the last decade.
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"Goodbye California" - Jana Kramer
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| Leaving California The winning states are: , 592,802 Californians moved to Texas. 461,601 Californians moved to Arizona 407,532 Californians moved to Nevada 339,113 Californians moved to Washington 262,096 Californians moved to Oregon 220,937 Californians moved to Florida 202,488 Californians moved to Colorado |
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