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Bay Area a major anomaly in new report about state’s pandemic population changes
The region saw the steepest decline in entrances to its counties
By Gabriel Greschler | ggreschler@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group
PUBLISHED: December 15, 2021 at 5:28 p.m. | UPDATED: December 16, 2021 at 4:13 p.m.
The Bay Area, once a magnet for newcomers, saw the steepest decline of any region in California in the number of people moving to its counties, according to a new report released Wednesday that shows the pandemic has had a dramatic impact on where people are choosing to live.
Not only did fewer people migrate into the state, but Bay Area residents are some of the only ones in the state continuing to pack up and move — and they now make up an even larger share of those saying goodbye to the Golden State than before the pandemic.
Since the start of pandemic in 2020, the California Policy Lab report found, the Bay Area has experienced a staggering 45% drop in the number of people coming into the area, with the hardest hit counties being San Francisco (-52.2%), Santa Clara (−51.5%) and San Mateo (−47.6%)...
Bay Area a major anomaly in new report about state’s pandemic population changes
The region saw the steepest decline in entrances to its counties
By Gabriel Greschler | ggreschler@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group
PUBLISHED: December 15, 2021 at 5:28 p.m. | UPDATED: December 16, 2021 at 4:13 p.m.
The Bay Area, once a magnet for newcomers, saw the steepest decline of any region in California in the number of people moving to its counties, according to a new report released Wednesday that shows the pandemic has had a dramatic impact on where people are choosing to live.
Not only did fewer people migrate into the state, but Bay Area residents are some of the only ones in the state continuing to pack up and move — and they now make up an even larger share of those saying goodbye to the Golden State than before the pandemic.
Since the start of pandemic in 2020, the California Policy Lab report found, the Bay Area has experienced a staggering 45% drop in the number of people coming into the area, with the hardest hit counties being San Francisco (-52.2%), Santa Clara (−51.5%) and San Mateo (−47.6%)...
