Rank 50 of 51 by domestic migration per 1,000
California
California lost 1,397,897 residents to other states and gained 932,858 from other countries — enough to offset 67% of the domestic loss, but not to reverse it. Net migration is still −465,039. International arrivals are slowing the decline here, not ending it.
Domestic migration−1,397,897−35.5 per 1,000 residentsMovers arriving from, or leaving for, other US states.
International migration+932,858+23.7 per 1,000 residentsNet arrivals from outside the United States.
Births minus deaths+389,684+9.9 per 1,000 residentsNatural change. Not migration at all, and frequently mistaken for it.
Year by year
Counts of people. Bars share one scale across all 4 years and all three channels, so a short bar is a small number rather than a rescaled one.
| Year | Domestic | International | Births | Deaths | Natural | Scale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | −477,586 | +44,127 | 412,507 | 345,285 | +67,222 | |
| 2022 | −336,707 | +234,953 | 424,071 | 318,719 | +105,352 | |
| 2023 | −344,029 | +292,721 | 410,377 | 303,733 | +106,644 | |
| 2024 | −239,575 | +361,057 | 400,601 | 290,135 | +110,466 |
Either side of California
Vintage-year 2020 is published for a partial period and carries no companion rate, so it is excluded rather than shown alongside four full years it cannot be compared with. A work of the U.S. government: no copyright subsists (17 U.S.C. §105). Source file ↗