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Interestingly enough, That list of states besides Colorado and Maine all were the biggest losers of population in 2023, meaning people are leaving these states.
by subsubzero 3y ago
Interestingly enough, That list of states besides Colorado and Maine all were the biggest losers of population in 2023, meaning people are leaving these states.
- California -0.9
- Maryland -0.5
- Massachusetts -0.6
- New Jersey -0.5
- New York -1.1
- Oregon -0.1
- Rhode Island -0.3
- melling 3y ago60 million people live in California and NY. 9 million in NJ 4.2 million in Oregon 7 million in Massachusetts 6 million in Maryland 1 million in Rhode Island
- epistasis 3y agoThey are also rich states that are pricing out people rather than building housing.
- nostrademons 3y agoLargely because that's the list of places where housing is super expensive: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_median_home_price #2 California $554K #3 Massachusetts $422K #5 Colorado. $397K #6 Oregon $361K #8 New Jersey $335K #9 New York $322K #10 Maryland $308K #13 Rhode Island $300K #25 Maine $242K And where income is highest: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_income #1 Maryland $90K #2 Massachusetts $89K #3 New Jersey $89K #5 California $85K #9 Colorado $82K #14 New York $74K #15 Rhode Island $74K #18 Oregon $71K #32 Maine $64K People are moving out because it's desirable to live there and hence there's a lot of competition for housing. If you're not one of the top earners in the state, you can increase your relative standard of living by moving somewhere where it's cheaper.
- hexis 3y ago"Nobody goes there anymore, it's too crowded"
- bagels 3y agoWhat are the units?
- mmcwilliams 3y agoIt would appear to be percentage of population.