San Diego population up by 1%, part of overall ‘very modest’ statewide growth

San Diego s University City locality File photo courtesy of the city of San Diego California s population climbed above million in marking the second year of advance The state the nation s the bulk populous experienced a string of declines during the coronavirus pandemic San Diego contributed to the advancement as seven of the state s largest cities saw an increase in population last year San Diego grew by more than to roughly million The state population overall rose an estimated adding people compared to according to a overview distributed Thursday by the Department of Finance The increase is due in part to the number of births outpacing deaths and a boost in the number of adults and older The state explained it also had better figures to account for increases in legal immigration into the state About one in nine people living in the United States reside in California Gov Gavin Newsom touted the population gains as a sign of the state s growing business sector which is one of the largest in the world People from across the nation and the globe are coming to the Golden State to pursue the California Dream where rights are protected and people are respected the Democrat mentioned in a declaration Regions throughout California are growing strengthening local communities and boosting our state s future But Republicans in the Democrat-dominated state and beyond have taken aim at California s population declines in the past and the loss of its residents to Texas Critics have tied past population decreases in the Golden State to the homelessness situation and rising cost of living If the Governor thinks a one-year bump means the state s doing fine he s ignoring the reality preponderance families are living in revealed Assembly Republican Leader James Gallagher of Chico Eric McGhee a framework director and senior fellow at the nonpartisan Inhabitants Agenda Institute of California declared the period of decline was notable because prior to it in our entire existence as a state we had never lost population before We were often one of the fastest-growing states he declared So it was exceptional for us to be losing population to say the least The advancement California saw in is still very modest McGhee explained The state also revised its estimate for legal immigration into California from other countries from to by roughly people citing better input The estimated total number of legal immigrants during that period now stands at about the Department of Finance stated The population rose in nine of the largest counties with Los Angeles County increasing by compared to In Contra Costa the state s ninth the bulk populous county the number of residents fell by just two dozen San Francisco San Jose and Anaheim saw decreases in population of less than