More California woes: State's population dips for first time in history
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One week after California learned that it a U.S. House seat for the first time in the state’s history, officials on Friday announced that the state’s population dropped for the first time since California joined the union 171 years ago.
Officials said the dip was due to "continuing declines" in immigration and the birth rate and a surge in deaths due to the coronavirus pandemic. "In recent years, the slowdown in natural increase – a nationwide trend affecting California more than other states – has contributed to the state’s population growth slowing and plateauing," state officials wrote. "The addition of 2020’s COVID-19-related deaths, combined with immigration restrictions in the past year, tipped population change to an annual loss."More Related News