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Originally Posted by New Era
I think you're reading it wrong. In 2018, California does lose 691,145 (.017% of population) they have a gain of 772,335 from other states and out of country, giving them a net of +81,190. You have to look at the cross tab numbers to see the gains from state-to-state and out of country. Also, that 691,145 loss is based off a population of 39,114,889. Compare that to Texas where they lost 462,140 of 28,333,482 (.016%) and that is a similar loss. You could also look at Alaska where they lost 39,246 of 727,164 (.053%) or or Arizona where they lost 179,586 of 7,090,137 (.025) and see how the numbers compare. It's not a massive population loss any way you look at it, even on just loss stats and not looking at gains.
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People have been leaving California for 20 years. I couldn't find any 2019 or YTD 2020 numbers, but when those come out, I bet they are pretty big.
Of the people that choose to leave (compared to forced to leave due to housing prices), they seem to be predominantly (overwhelming?) composed of conservatives.
Not sure how you got your conclusion out of the data, but I assume it is cleared up now.