Along with the 0.5% rate of population decline, New York also recorded the largest decline in pure numbers, with a drop of almost 102,000 residents, according to the U.S. Census.

New York lost more residents – and at the largest rate – in 2023 than any other state, despite an overall rise in the U.S. population, according to U.S. Census data.

The bureau released a map showing the percentage change in state populations between July 2022 and July 2023 – New York stands out as the only state colored a deep orange, a label for a percentage change of -0.5 or more.

    • KRAW@linux.communityEnglish
      41·
      11 months ago

      Believe it or not, people might not always have abortion at the top of their list when they’re moving. In fact I’m willing to bet cost of living is near the top of their list.

      • rawrthundercats@lemmy.ml
        8·
        11 months ago

        Spot on. Migration is a major factor in affecting political change anyway.

        Some of these comments are so out of touch. The irony is that people who blanket support pro choice will go extinct as they abort more of their children over time or don’t reproduce at all (the people above you in this chain). Conservative people don’t abort (now by law) - their population will grow. Thus more anti-abortion laws will happen.

            • Snoozemumrik@lemmy.world
              2·
              11 months ago

              A big part of the great replacement theory is the assertion that democrats move migrants and “import” migrants to change the voting blocks.

        • KRAW@linux.communityEnglish
          20·
          11 months ago

          According to previous studies on who gets abortions, a lot of people getting abortions are people who have already had children, so your latter point doesn’t really check out.

        • falcunculus@jlai.lu
          18·
          11 months ago

          People who are pro choice might still choose to have children.

          People don’t necessarily inherit the political opinions of their parents, and can change their outlook over time.

          People can spread their ideas through other methods than reproduction, such as debate, educating other people’s children, or sharing their opinion on Lemmy.

    • tills13@lemmy.world
      35·
      11 months ago

      It’s people moving from places where they actually want to live (because of qol) to places where they can afford to live. Though it’d be interesting to see like a “true” cost of living for these places.

    • CosmicTurtle@lemmy.worldEnglish
      27·
      11 months ago

      Yeah I don’t get that at all. I had several female co-workers who accepted relocation packages to Texas when my company offered them right when Texas started passing anti-abortion laws.

      I figured it was none of my business to ask why they did but man…they are either really smart and wanting to flip the state blue or they aren’t thinking it’s going to affect them.

      No amount of money would make me want to move to Texas or Florida, or anywhere the Alt-right has a strong political hold

      • highenergyphysics@lemmy.world
        26·
        11 months ago

        They don’t think it will happen to them.

        Yknow despite literally all metrics of quality of life, health, and safety being even worse in red states than the already pathetic US average.

        Why is it that every conservative leaning government worldwide is currently in a self destructive spiral while socialist societies are getting better and better in all measurable metrics?

        Curious.

        • Johnvanjim@lemmy.world
          3·
          11 months ago

          Reasonable investments in the future vs. winning points now

          It’s pretty much the bane of any capitalist society

        • gedaliyah@lemmy.worldMEnglish
          1·
          11 months ago

          Like Venezuela? Bangladesh? Republic of the Congo? Seems like maybe too broad a statement to me. Some Socialist countries have seen improvements for some people - that doesn’t make is a magical indicator for societal well-being.

      • hglman@lemmy.mlEnglish
        6·
        11 months ago

        Having just moved from Texas to the north east, people in the northeast are clueless to how bad it actually is.

    • rawrthundercats@lemmy.ml
      1·
      11 months ago

      How do you think political change happens in the first place? Not to mention how bad must life be in NY, a way more progressive state to want to move somewhere like Texas.