North Carolina among states with top growth in 2022

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina (WBTW) — While the Northeast and Midwest are shrinking inhabitants, Southern states added more than 1.3 million people in 2022. Data from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Southern states as a whole grew by 1.1{ea2cba5bdf6fe62bbe85e24807814144a71e77d3ae7311fbc27a008558d1372c}, mainly due to both domestic and international migration. Births outnumbering deaths accounted for a much smaller proportion of the region’s population growth.

Meanwhile, the Northeastern states lost about 219,000 residents and the Midwest lost about 49,000 residents. The decline in both regions is due to people moving elsewhere in the country, according to Census data.

The only other region to gain residents was the West, but growth in this region was much smaller. did.

Top 10 Growing States ({ea2cba5bdf6fe62bbe85e24807814144a71e77d3ae7311fbc27a008558d1372c}):

1. Florida (1.9{ea2cba5bdf6fe62bbe85e24807814144a71e77d3ae7311fbc27a008558d1372c})
2. Idaho (1.8{ea2cba5bdf6fe62bbe85e24807814144a71e77d3ae7311fbc27a008558d1372c})
3. South Carolina (1.7{ea2cba5bdf6fe62bbe85e24807814144a71e77d3ae7311fbc27a008558d1372c})
4. Texas (1.6{ea2cba5bdf6fe62bbe85e24807814144a71e77d3ae7311fbc27a008558d1372c})
5. South Dakota (1.5{ea2cba5bdf6fe62bbe85e24807814144a71e77d3ae7311fbc27a008558d1372c})
6. Montana (1.5{ea2cba5bdf6fe62bbe85e24807814144a71e77d3ae7311fbc27a008558d1372c})
7. Delaware (1.4{ea2cba5bdf6fe62bbe85e24807814144a71e77d3ae7311fbc27a008558d1372c})
8. Arizona (1.3{ea2cba5bdf6fe62bbe85e24807814144a71e77d3ae7311fbc27a008558d1372c})
9. North Carolina (1.3{ea2cba5bdf6fe62bbe85e24807814144a71e77d3ae7311fbc27a008558d1372c})
10. Utah (1.2{ea2cba5bdf6fe62bbe85e24807814144a71e77d3ae7311fbc27a008558d1372c})

New York, Illinois, Louisiana, West Virginia, and Hawaii are the states with the biggest declines in 2022, according to the data. No state has shrunk by more than 1 percentage point.

10 Shrinking States (percent):

1. New York (-0.9{ea2cba5bdf6fe62bbe85e24807814144a71e77d3ae7311fbc27a008558d1372c})
2. Illinois (-0.8{ea2cba5bdf6fe62bbe85e24807814144a71e77d3ae7311fbc27a008558d1372c})
3. Louisiana (-0.8{ea2cba5bdf6fe62bbe85e24807814144a71e77d3ae7311fbc27a008558d1372c})
4. West Virginia (-0.6{ea2cba5bdf6fe62bbe85e24807814144a71e77d3ae7311fbc27a008558d1372c})
5. Hawaii (-0.5{ea2cba5bdf6fe62bbe85e24807814144a71e77d3ae7311fbc27a008558d1372c})
6. Oregon (-0.4{ea2cba5bdf6fe62bbe85e24807814144a71e77d3ae7311fbc27a008558d1372c})
7. Mississippi (-0.3{ea2cba5bdf6fe62bbe85e24807814144a71e77d3ae7311fbc27a008558d1372c})
8. Pennsylvania (-0.3{ea2cba5bdf6fe62bbe85e24807814144a71e77d3ae7311fbc27a008558d1372c})
9. Rhode Island (-0.3{ea2cba5bdf6fe62bbe85e24807814144a71e77d3ae7311fbc27a008558d1372c})
10. California (-0.3{ea2cba5bdf6fe62bbe85e24807814144a71e77d3ae7311fbc27a008558d1372c})

According to data, the US population will grow by 1,256,003 in 2022, or 0.4{ea2cba5bdf6fe62bbe85e24807814144a71e77d3ae7311fbc27a008558d1372c}. According to the Census, by 2022 we will be back to pre-pandemic population growth.

Census Bureau demographer Christy Wilder said, “Population growth increased significantly last year compared to the historically low previous year.” statement“A recovery in net international migration, coupled with the largest year-on-year increase in births since 2007, is behind this increase.”