Florida is the fastest-growing state in the US for the first time since 1957: Census Bureau

For the first time in greater than 60 years, Florida is now the fastest-growing state in the country, based on knowledge launched by the Census Bureau on Thursday.

Florida’s population grew to 22,244,823 between 2021 and 2022, a rise of 1.9% in the span of 1 yr. It’s a formidable feat contemplating that Florida is already the third-most populous state in the union. The state’s progress charge needed to be vital to cinch the high spot out of all 50 states, one thing Florida hasn’t achieved since 1957.

Census knowledge reveals that Florida’s inhabitants has elevated yearly since 1946, even during times when nationwide inhabitants progress slowed. Today, the state’s inhabitants is greater than 9 occasions bigger than it was in 1946. 

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“While Florida has often been among the largest-gaining states, this was the first time since 1957 that Florida has been the state with the largest percent increase in population,” mentioned Kristie Wilder, a demographer in the Population Estimates Branch of the Census Bureau.

The remainder of the nation is rising too, in a turnaround since the pandemic. After traditionally low inhabitants progress in 2020 and 2021, the U.S. grew at a charge of 0.4% to 333,287,557 residents in 2022, the Census Bureau mentioned. The progress was principally attributed to immigration, though there have been 245,080 extra births than deaths in the U.S. in the final yr. 

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“There was a sizeable uptick in population growth last year compared to the prior year’s historically low increase,” Wiler mentioned. “A rebound in net international migration, coupled with the largest year-over-year increase in total births since 2007, is behind this increase.”

The South, already the most populous space of the nation, was the fastest-growing and largest-gaining area in the U.S., Census knowledge reveals. There was a web achieve of 414,740 immigrants from overseas international locations in the area, in addition to 867,935 new residents from different U.S. states, for a complete of 1,282,675 new residents. 

The Northeast and Midwest every misplaced inhabitants as residents moved to the South and the West. While Florida was the fastest-growing state, Texas was the largest-gaining, reaching a complete inhabitants of 30,029,572 million. Texas and California are actually the solely two states with a inhabitants exceeding 30 million.