California Population Decreases For The First Time Ever

The state of California's population has decreased for the first time in its 171 years of being a state. California lost more than 180,000 residents between January 2020 and January 2021. The leading factors experts point to for the decline are declines in immigration, the state's birth rate, and deaths due to the COVID-19. Although this may seem like a trend in the future state officials disagree and think this is all just bad timing and is temporary.