California Population Drops First Time

California Population Drops First Time

California Governor Gavin Newsom speaks at the opening of the country’s first federal- and state-operated community vaccination site in Los Angeles, Calif., February 16, 2021. (Mike Blake/Reuters)

California’s population dropped in 2020 for the first time in the state’s recorded history. The decline was attributed to a combination of COVID-19 deaths, a decreasing birth rate, and a reduction in immigration, state officials disclosed Friday.

The Golden State lost 182,083 people in 2020, according to data from…

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