They’re California dreamin’ — of somewhere else to live.
The nation’s exemplar of liberal governance continued to shed residents at a dizzying pace in 2022, with 817,000 Golden Staters moving to other states — including 150,000 to red regions like Texas and Florida, according to Census figures released last week.
With 475,000 people moving in, the state suffered a net loss of roughly 342,000 residents — and has seen an overall decrease of 2.3 million people since 2012, the numbers show.
Compared to a decade ago, California’s 2022 departures were up by a staggering 44%, according to the agency’s Community Survey data.
Those losses are accelerating.