NEW JERSEY — More than 100,000 New Jersey citizens have left the state since COVID-19 took hold, according to newly released federal data. Recent migration trends show that Americans are leaving the Northeast en masse because of the pandemic, while the population of the South has grown. tremendously
New Jersey’s population dropped by 27,332 from April 1, 2020, to July 1 of this year, according to U. S. Census Bureau estimates. U. S. The replacement marks a 0. 3 percent decline in the state’s estimated population, which stood at 9. 26 million in July.
Changes in COVID-like life cases have led millions of Americans to move to some other component of the country. But New Jersey’s breakups also trended pre-pandemic, with the state recording the highest rate of outgoing residents, relative to internal movements. , each and every year from 2018 through the 21st, according to United Van Lines.
Although populations in several northeastern states have declined since 2020, New York has suffered the largest relief in the country, in terms of the number of other people lost and the rate of decline. ) from April 2020 to July.
During that 27-month period, New Jersey lost 107,749 citizens due to internal migration. The figure would likely mark a significant undercount of the number of others leaving New Jersey, as it marks a net loss of population due to national movements.
The state also gained 55,037 citizens through migration, resulting in a total loss of another 52,712 people as a result of in-state and out-of-state removals over two years.
Southern states, which tend to have lower taxes and warmer climates, have experienced the most population growth. The south increased its population by 2. 3 million due to pandemic movements, while all other regions lost citizens due to net migration. Here is the total Net Migration Population Adjustments from April 2020 to July, according to the Census Bureau:
The pandemic also represents a multi-death event, with the country suffering 1. 25 million “additional deaths,” the number of deaths that have occurred, compared to the number expected for that time, since February 2020, according to the CDC. includes 29,959 more deaths in New Jersey.
However, Garden State added 19,751 to its population through “natural change” at the time, with 102,555 births and 82,804 deaths, according to federal estimates. The United States recorded 431,192 more births than deaths.
This is not the case everywhere. Deaths surpassed births in the Northeast with 5705 and in the Midwest with 19,096. However, census officials remain optimistic about overall population growth.
“There was a significant increase in population expansion last year compared to last year’s traditionally low growth,” census demographer Kristie Wilder said in a statement. Accumulating births overall since 2007, he is guilty of this accumulation. “
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