According to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau, the number of red states is increasing and blue states are shrinking during the COVID-19 epidemic.
According to a report released on Tuesday, the country saw the lowest population growth since its inception between 2020 and 2021, with only 0.1 percent growth, but the biggest declines were in Washington, D.C. and the Democrat-led. occurred in the states. Census Bureau.
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In April of last year, DC topped the list with a 2.9 percent decline in population, followed by New York with 1.6 percent, Illinois with 0.9 percent, and Hawaii and California with 0.7 percent. % decrease.
Meanwhile, the states that saw the most population growth were the Republican-run states, which grew 2.9% from Idaho, followed by Utah by 1.7%, Montana by 1.7%, and Arizona. 1.4% and South Carolina 1.2%.
The Republican-led states, Florida and Texas, which are the most politically active for their COVID-19 policies, have a population growth of 1% each.
In figures alone, the largest increase in internal migration (migration of people from one part of the United States to another) was recorded in Florida at 220,890, followed by Texas and Arizona. The largest internal migration losses were in California, where it lost 367,299 residents, followed by New York and Illinois.
The South was the only region to have 657,682 positive internal migration between 2020 and 2021. The Northeast region lost the most people due to internal migration -389 638.
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Former residents of major cities who recently moved to Florida told Acesparks Digital on Wednesday that rising crime, taxes and government overcrowding were the reasons for their relocation decisions.
“The taxes I got in Cook County … were really crazy. In one year, my property taxes went up by $ 1,000. And I realized that trend was going to continue,” said Ula Miller, a former Chicago resident. he also feels “truly safe” in Florida because Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is “governor of law and order”.
“Our plan was to reconsider where we wanted to go in the summer of 2022,” Lauren Callahan, a former Chicago native, told Fox, “but with COVID and city life in general … we decided to come to Florida in November.”
“It’s an opportunity to live abroad as well as get tax breaks,” said Warren Cohn, a former New Jersey resident who now lives in Miami. “Also, this state … has different freedoms. … I think the governor did a good job of allowing people here to decide what is convenient or not convenient for them.”
Meanwhile, a spokesman for California Gov. Gavin Newsom told Acesparks last week that “leaving California is a myth.”
“The California economy grew 4.7 percent year-on-year in the 1st quarter and 4 percent in the U.S., and recently the California economy has grown 3.9 percent in the last 5 years, compared to 2.9 percent annually,” the spokesman said. .
Acesparks’ Audrey Conklin and Emma Colton contributed to this report.