Population ‘BOOM’ – Small Towns Surpass Cities In Growth Rate After Decades

DEBARYLIFE – 600,000 people in cities with a population of four million or more left due to internal migration.

According to University of Virginia research, more people relocated to tiny U.S. cities and towns (those with fewer than 250,000 residents) in 2023 than to larger cities.

Michael Sasso writes in Bloomberg CityLab that a major factor contributing to the growth is the continued popularity of remote work.

There was a 291,400 increase in towns with fewer than 25,000 residents. Since at least the 1970s, this is the first time that small towns have seen population growth.”

According to Lombard’s research using US Census Bureau data, areas with more than 4 million people were the big losers, shedding almost 600,000 people last year.”

According to U-Haul, Texas and Florida saw the most growth in 2021.

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Texas witnessed the most population growth in the US in 2021, while California and Illinois saw the worst declines, according to an index comparing inbound and outgoing moving truck rentals.

Losers in Population

According to the Census Bureau, California’s population decreased to less than 39 million as of July after seeing a greater net domestic migration loss this year than last. As a percentage of population, only New York has had a larger decline.

Depopulation in Thousands of US Cities Is Projected

Before 2100, a number of small and mid-sized cities may experience a decline.