The population of California, the most populous state in America, continues to decrease. According to the shared report, the population of California decreased by 117 thousand 552 people compared to last year and became 39 million 185 thousand 605.
In 2020, 182,083 people from California went to other states. Thus, the state lost its population for 2 years in a row, perhaps for the first time in its history. Pandemic, tourism and visa restrictions and decreasing birth rates are shown as the reasons for this decrease.
In fact, California is a state with a strong economy that receives intense immigration… However, there is a decrease in the immigration graph of the state. While California received an average of 140 thousand immigrants a year before the pandemic, this number decreased to 43,300 due to the pandemic.
The economic problems brought by the pandemic were also reflected in the district populations in the province. Thousands of California residents have moved from coastal areas like Los Angeles and San Francisco to areas where the cost of living is cheaper.
Despite consecutive population declines, California is still the most populous state in America. Officials expect the state’s population to increase and stabilize in the coming years, especially if there are no more deadly waves of pandemics.
Not only California, but America is a country that has experienced waves of immigration since its establishment and has always preserved its population diversity as the country that receives the most immigrants in the world today. America is growing at an average rate of 0.9% per year. After the immigrants who came from Southern and Eastern Europe at the beginning of the 20th century and settled in the northeastern and midwestern states of America, immigrants from different countries, especially from Asian countries and especially Latin and South America in recent years, continue to diversify the ethnic structure of the population. In fact, about 40% of the US population is made up of Americans from different ethnicities and races.
According to the 2020 report of the US Census Bureau, which is affiliated with the US Federal Statistical System, the ethnic distribution of the US population is as follows:
White: 59.7%
Hispanic: (Spanish-speaking Latin Americans): 18.7%
Black: 12.5%
Asian: 5.8%
Multi-Ethnic: 2.3%
Indians and Alaska Natives: 0.7%
Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders: 0.2%
The censuses, which are conducted every 10 years and allow access to many information such as age, gender, occupation, educational status, number of children and ethnicity of people living in the USA, also reveal important data about the US population growth. It is known that the population of the USA continues to increase and the first factor that causes population growth is external migration. According to the latest census data of the USA, where 1 million immigrants come every year, the population growth rate was recorded as 0.77%.
On Thursday, data company Equilar released the first racial board distribution for companies in America. According to the report, white executives are in the majority in the business world in America. Only 6.2 percent of executives are Black, Asian or Pacific Islander, and 5 percent are executives.
In fact, diversity is important in companies in the vast majority of America.
California, for example, passed a law in 2020 that required companies with main offices in the state to have a minimum number of directors from an underrepresented community—Black, Latino, Asian, and LGBTI individuals.
Earlier this year, a California state court found the requirement unconstitutional, following a complaint that California violated the equal protection clause.
In his decision, the judge stated that other characteristics should be considered in the assignment as well as achieving greater population diversity.
According to estimates, the American population is expected to reach 417 million by 2060.