Mississippi 1 of 7 states to lose population July 2014-15
According to U.S. Census figures released on Tuesday, Minnesota’s population had grown to an estimated 5,489,594 residents in the year up to July 1, compared to 5,457,125 a year earlier.
Iowa’s population dipped during the farm crisis of the 1980s, declining from 2.91 million in 1980 to 2.78 million in 1990.
In contrast, North Carolina grew by 1 percent in 2015 or more than 102,000 residents.
Kansas has slower population growth than neighboring states and the U.S.as a whole.
The Northeast region includes New England, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
“We’re moving closer and closer to time when it will be harder and harder to grow from births alone”, she said.
“If you run into an older person in North Dakota, chances are they’re Caucasian, Non-Hispanic Caucasian”.
According to the estimates, Ohio’s population grew by just more than 16,000, from 11,596,998 to 11,613,423 between July 1, 2014 and July 1, 2015.
North Carolina has become the ninth state to surpass the 10 million population mark, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Tuesday.
Bolender said that, while the differences between birth and death rates within states are relatively consistent from year to year, the rates of migration are “the real wild card”.
More people also means eventually Florida will have a larger congressional delegation.
The net loss of residents to other states peaked in 2005 at more than 55,000. Florida and California each added more than 350,000. That percentage, far higher than the national average, is largely driven by people in search of jobs in oil-rich western North Dakota.