Why California’s population boom has stalled
March 31, 2021
For more than a century, California’s population has grown with astonishing speed: On average, the state added more than 300,000 people per year. But now the state’s growth has stalled.
The slowdown began before the pandemic. California gained about 230,000 people between July 1, 2016, and July 1, 2017, but between July 1, 2019, and July 1, 2020, the state’s population growth hit the brakes, adding only 21,000 new residents.
