California population continues to shrink – CalMatters

According to the latest population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau, California’s total population declined by more than 500,000 between April 2020 and July 2022. Put another way, 1 out of 100 people living in California at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic had, two years later, left the state — either by U-Haul or by hearse.

https://calmatters.org/newsletters/whatmatters/2023/02/california-population-exodus-housing/