Redemption Decade: How California’s population ‘exodus’ shrank
https://www.siliconvalley.com/2019/12/18/redemption-decade-how-californias-population-exodus-shrank/
With the 2010s at their end, our “Redemption Decade” series explores how California’s economy rebounded from the destruction of the Great Recession. This is Part 4.
Despite all the economic turmoil, Californians remained surprising loyal. Yes, population growth has cooled but don’t blame some mass exodus to other states. The often-cited “net domestic outmigration” data — more moves out than relocations in — actually fell this decade. Here’s how my trusty spreadsheet sets the scene …