New York state’s population declined more than any other state in a recent 12-month period.
New numbers released by the U.S. Census Bureau this week show the state’s population declined by 48,510 between July 1, 2017 and July 1 of this year.
That’s the largest decline of the nine states that lost population during that time. New York’s population is 19.75 million.
Nevada and Idaho led the nation in population growth rates, while Texas saw the largest overall gain in residents.
Republican lawmakers blame New York’s decline on high taxes and the upstate economy.
Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo faults the state’s long winters and says economic factors aren’t to blame. On Thursday he noted that New York’s jobless rate of 3.9 percent is the lowest since 1976.
(AP)
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faults the state’s long winters In denial of reality. Plenty states have even colder winters. & now NY state is about to loose even more people en-masse, with this new draconian educational requirement in Yeshivos & archdioceses schools.
The problem is all these New Yorkers and Californians moving to Texas and bringing their stupid voting record with them. Voting for the very same Democrat policies that created the unlivable conditions that forced them to leave their home state in the first place. Dumb dumb dumb.
I wonder why 🙄
The quality of life in NY has gotten worse and worse. Its getting more expensive, more traffic, and worst of all more liberal ideas.
I’d love to see a breakdown of the NY areas “losing” people, and where there are gains. According to old data (2016) it’s largely, but not totally, an upstate issue, with Brooklyn only losing about 2,000 people in that year.
NYC’s quality of life is definitely going down and many are running for the hills, but there’s a seemingly endless supply of young people foolish enough to replace most of those leaving…
After Nevada and Idaho, was the third highest increase in Jackson?
High taxes?
Democrats in charge (good if you live off patronage, bad if you want to run a private business)
Cold tenperatures (climate refugees fleeing to warmer parts of the country)