Where Californians Are Moving: Report

CALIFORNIA — A recent report showed where Californians moved the most in 2019 — before the pandemic upended life in California.

Using data from the U.S. Census Bureau, Stacker compiled a list of the states Californians were moving that year in report published this month.

Moving rates have slowed in recent decades, according to Stacker. In 2019, a lower percentage of Americans changed residence than any year since 1947, Stacker reported. Migration among Americans has also been declining steadily since the 1940s, according to the report.

Earlier this year, California lost one congressional seat for the first time after data released by the U.S. Census Bureau revealed California's slow population growth rate.

Over the past decade, California's average annual population growth rate slipped to 0.06% — lower than at any time since at least 1900. The population in California decreased since the 2010 census, with the 2020 total population recorded as 39,576,757.

Californians have long heard uttering of a Golden State exodus and experts have called attention to three factors: declining birth rates; a long-standing trend of fewer people moving in from other states than leaving; and a drop in international immigration, particularly from Asia, which has made up for people moving to other states.

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According to Stacker's report, most of the residents who moved out the nation's most populous state in 2019 moved to Texas — the nation's second most populous state.

Approximately 82,235 Californians moved to Texas that year, Stacker reported.

Here are the top five states Californians moved to in 2019

1. Texas

• 82,235 residents moved

2. Arizona

• 59,713 residents moved

3. Nevada

• 47,322 residents moved

4. Washington

• 46,791 residents moved

5. Oregon

• 37,927 residents moved

Read the full report here.