San Fran has lost actual residents—34,000 of them. But it has also lost tens of thousands of workers, people who no longer come to the office. The live in Marin County and Dallas. They have no intention of being crime victims or spend hundreds of dollars per week to go to an empty office.
“The decrease of 33,723 residents during that time placed San Francisco in stark company: only Los Angeles (losing 249,646 residents), Cook County (37,907), and Baltimore counties (37,507 residents) experienced larger numerical declines across the entire United States over this period.
The decline comes as part of a broader shift in California’s population patterns, though the state as a whole gained just more than 94,000 residents during the five-year period, a modest 0.2% increase.
Los Angeles County experienced California’s largest numerical decline, with its loss of nearly 250,000 residents representing a 2.5% drop. San Francisco’s drop was 3.9%, which was the largest of the nine-county Bay Area.
Yes, the State did gain 94,000 new residents. But, check, most of them are illegal aliens. Our growth is based on law breakers makers Newsoms California, with all the financial incentives, their home.
Population loss in SF earns dubious distinction nationally
San Francisco‘s population declined by nearly 34,000 residents over the past five years, ranking it among the top four counties with the largest declines during that time, according to new U.S. Census Bureau estimates released last week.
The decrease of 33,723 residents during that time placed San Francisco in stark company: only Los Angeles (losing 249,646 residents), Cook County (37,907), and Baltimore counties (37,507 residents) experienced larger numerical declines across the entire United States over this period.
The decline comes as part of a broader shift in California’s population patterns, though the state as a whole gained just more than 94,000 residents during the five-year period, a modest 0.2% increase.
Los Angeles County experienced California’s largest numerical decline, with its loss of nearly 250,000 residents representing a 2.5% drop. San Francisco’s drop was 3.9%, which was the largest of the nine-county Bay Area.
Populations declined in other Bay Area counties, with San Mateo losing 20,835 residents (minus-2.7%) and Santa Clara declining by 18,903 (minus-1.0%). But no other county lost as large a number nor as big of a portion of the population as San Francisco. And others, like Alameda (plus-0.5%), Contra Costa (plus-2.5%) and Solano (plus-2.8%) all added population over the same time period.
Combined, the three counties added almost 49,000 residents, exceeding the number of people who moved away from San Francisco. In all, the nine-county Bay Area lost about 46,000 residents from 2018 to 2023. The Bay Area was home to some of the nation’s priciest zip codes, cities and metropolitan areas during the time of the Census Bureau population estimates, and the region continues to be one of the country’s most expensive in 2024.
While the historically dense coastal urban centers saw population declines, several inland California counties saw substantial growth.
Sacramento County gained 74,024 residents (plus-4.9%), Riverside added 66,623 (plus-2.8%), and San Joaquin County grew by 55,204 (plus-7.5%), suggesting a redistribution of California’s population away from its traditional coastal population hubs.
A great case for the State of Jefferson, but combining the Central Valley, Northern CA, sans Sacramento County and Marin County to Eastern Oregon grafted to Idaho. The coastal cities and deserts of California can remain tethered to socialism and self-destruction.