https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/05/02/exodus-san-jose-oakland-bay-area-fremont-california-population-economy/ > The Bay Area and California as a whole endured yet another population decline in 2022, and the dip may mean San Jose can no longer crow about being the 10th largest city in the country. > The population of the nine-county region, which is home to about 7.55 million residents, dwindled by 0.4% — just shy of 34,000 residents, about the size of Pleasant Hill — between January 2022 and 2023 compared with 0.7% the previous year, according to estimates from the state Finance Department.