From the New York Post, March 31:
Tens of thousands of residents are fleeing Los Angeles County, raising fresh questions about the region’s future as economic pressures mount.
The region recorded the largest population drop of any in the nation between July 2024 and July 2025, according to newly released estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau.
The data, published March 26, shows roughly 54,000 residents left the county during that one-year period. The losses mark a continuation of a steady slide for the nation’s most populous county.
Once home to more than 10 million people in 2020, Los Angeles County’s population has now dipped to just under 9.7 million, KTLA reported.
While the raw number of departures is eye-catching, experts say the broader trend may be even more concerning: fewer people are coming in to replace those who leave.
Neighboring regions appear to be benefiting.
Riverside and San Bernardino counties together gained more than 21,000 residents over the same period, according to the data, while the Las Vegas metro area also saw an influx of more than 20,000.
Despite the outflow, Los Angeles County still dwarfs every other county in the U.S., with nearly double the population of the second-largest, Cook County, Illinois....
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Los Angeles city and county are no longer the population magnets they were for 150 years.
