After years of strong growth that brought California tantalizingly close to the 40 million milestone, the state's population is now roughly back to where it was in 2016 after declining by 117,552 people this year.
People have been moving out of the Bay Area amid the pandemic and they usually move to these big cities.
Impacts of the decline have already been felt, as California lost a seat in Congress for the first time after the U.S. Census showed it did not grow as fast as other states. But the decline hasn't impacted the state's bottom line. California had a record budget surplus last year, and is in line for an even larger one this year of as much as $68 billion - mostly the result of a progressive tax structure and a disproportionate population of billionaires.
Things are also changing within California as record-high housing prices are forcing people to flee the picturesque population centers of the coast for the relatively cheaper havens of the Inland Empire and the vast Central Valley. All but three of California's coastal counties lost population in 2021 - including the Southern California behemoths of Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego - while inland counties saw steady growth as the statewide median price of existing single-family homes hit a record high of $849,080 in March, a 2.6% increase over the previous record set in August.
Of the state's 10 largest cities, half of them lost population: Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sacramento, Oakland and Anaheim. San Diego, the state's second most populous city behind Los Angeles, grew slightly by 2,958 people, or 0.2%.
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