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rangerrebew · « **on:** March 31, 2026, 08:59:58 am »

LA Suffers Worst Population Loss in Nation
Over 300,000 gone since 2020
March 31, 2026 by Daniel Greenfield

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California has taken a massive population loss for the first time in its history. People are fleeing it and they’re especially fleeing its failed major cities, Los Angeles and San Francisco. And bizarrely the man in charge of the state is using his track record to run for president. Meanwhile Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, who oversaw the worst fires in its history due to DEI and out-of-control corruption, has historically low approval ratings, while people flee her city every which way they can.

Los Angeles County saw the largest decline of any county in the United States in 2025, according to new census data published on March 26.

Nearly 54,000 people moved out of L.A. County between July 1, 2024 and July 1, 2025, U.S. Census data shows. The decline is part of an ongoing trend. In 2020 L.A. County was estimated to have more than 10 million residents. As of 2025, the county was thought to have just under 9.7 million residents.

LA’s losses amount to 300,000 since 2020. The equivalent of a major city has moved elsewhere.

https://www.frontpagemag.com/la-suffers-worst-population-loss-in-nation/

rangerrebew · « **Reply #1 on:** March 31, 2026, 09:01:26 am »

More likely 300,000 they know of. Fine job Mayor Bass and Governor Newsom, fine job.

Wingnut · « **Reply #2 on:** March 31, 2026, 09:06:33 am »

Hey, more room for the homeless to roam.

Elderberry · « **Reply #3 on:** April 01, 2026, 07:18:16 pm »

Leaving LA

POWERLINE 3/31/2026

The City of Los Angeles is a microcosm of the flight of population away from high-tax blue states:

Tens of thousands of residents are fleeing Los Angeles County, raising fresh questions about the region’s future as economic pressures mount.

The region recorded the largest population drop of any in the nation between July 2024 and July 2025, according to newly released estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The data, published March 26, shows roughly 54,000 residents left the county during that one-year period. The losses mark a continuation of a steady slide for the nation’s most populous county.

That is a net number. I was in Southern California in 1960, when it was a magnet that drew people from around the country. It wasn’t just the climate, Los Angeles was a land of economic opportunity.

Today’s exodus is due in part to the decline of Hollywood, as the Wall Street Journal reports:

Hollywood studios are making significantly fewer movies and television shows than they did just a few years ago. The ones they do make are increasingly being shot in other countries and states that offer more generous tax subsidies.

More: https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2026/03/leaving-la.php