![]() The city of Dallas saw its population spike by about 97,000 people, increasing from 7,637,387 to 7,759,615. Texas has become the United States' newcomer capital. San Francisco witnesses a decline of about 55,000 residents, with San Francisco County reporting its population falling from 873,965 to 815,201.Īll those cities have been in the headlines in recent months over draconian COVID lockdown measures, and soaring crime rates. Chicago itself waved farewell to about 91,000 of its 2.71 million residents. Illinois' Cook County, which encompasses Chicago, saw its population fall from 5,275,541 to 5,173,146, a drop of about 102,395. The City of Los Angeles also saw a sharp drop, losing 91,000 of its 3.9 million residents. Los Angeles County saw the second largest drop in population which went down from 10,014,009 to 9,829,544, a decrease of about 176,000. When it comes to a drop in population, New York City was hit the hardest with four of its counties - also known as boroughs - estimated to have lost a total 328,000 residents, dropping from 8,308,443 in April 2020 to about 7,980,443 by July 2021. ![]() Much of the sharp increase has been blamed on COVID tearing through older populations most vulnerable to the illness, with more than 975,000 Americans confirmed to have died of it. The figure the year before was 55.5 per cent, and in 2019 it sat at 45.5 per cent. That saw 75 per cent of all US counties record falling populations in 2021. The Census Bureau said: 'In 2021, fewer births, an aging population and increased mortality - intensified by the COVID-19 pandemic - contributed to a rise in natural decrease' across the country,' but particular hitting big cities the hardest.' The agency revealed on Thursday that American's fled metropolitan areas between April 2020 to July 2021 in favor of the South West, with Dallas, Houston, Austin and Phoenix among those to see the largest growth last year. counties experienced a loss in population, according to a new report from the U.S. New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago and other large cities lost the most residents during the pandemic city exodus last year as about 75 per cent of U.S. In 2021, about 75 percent of US counties reported a population drop, a sharp increase from 2020 when only about 55 per cent reported a decrease in population.Census Bureau said the changes were attributed to fewer births, an aging population and increased death that were intensified by the COVID-19 pandemic and indicates a trend of where Americans are moving On the opposite end, Dallas saw its population spike by about 97,000 people, Houston grew by about 69,000 and Austin's population increased by about 53,300 new residents.New York city lost the most residents going down by 328,000, with LA coming in second at a lost of 176,000.Census Bureau found that Americans fled big cities like New York, LA, San Francisco and Chicago between April 2020 to July 2021 in favor of the South West The pandemic city exodus revealed: New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Chicago lost the most residents with 75% of US counties seeing population decreases - but Dallas, Houston and Austin all saw increases
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