New Census Numbers Reveal Americans Migrating West And South, And Away From High-Tax Blue-States

The U.S. Census Bureau has just released their annual report on how the U.S. population is shifting, and there are some very clear patterns in the data. If you look at this Census Bureau map, you will see lots of purple (areas where the population is growing) in the west and the south, and you will see lots of orange (areas where the population is declining) in the north and the east. Of course this is a continuation of a pattern that we have been seeing for decades. Given the ability to choose, many Americans would rather live in areas of the country that are warm and sunny, and that makes a lot of sense. But that is not the only pattern that we see in the data.

From July 1, 2017 to July 1, 2018 seven of the ten counties that had the largest percentage increase in population were either in Texas or Florida…

• McKenzie County, ND: 7.1 percent
• Williams County, ND: 5.9 percent
• Comal County, TX: 5.4 percent
• Kaufman County, TX: 4.7 percent
• Brunswick County, NC: 4.6 percent
• Walton County, FL: 4.5 percent
• Midland County, TX: 4.3 percent
• Osceola County, FL: 4.3 percent
• St. Johns County, FL: 4.2 percent
• Hood County, TX: 4.1 percent
   

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