Census stats for New York: fewer immigrating, fewer leaving
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Here’s more analysis about the new population estimates for New York state. Fewer people are coming and going, it appears. Both immigration and out-migration — people leaving the state — are slowing down, says our data analyst Tim Henderson.
Immigration to New York has fallen from a peak of nearly 130,000 a year in 2001 to less than 95,000 in each of the last two years, he points out. Meanwhile, out-migration has dropped from a peak of about 250,000 a year in 2005 to about 126,000 this year.
So the net loss from comings-and-goings (immigration and migration combined) was about 31,000 this year, down from a peak of almost 150,000 in 2005. So why is New York’s population growing slightly? The “natural increase” in population — the number of births outpacing the number of deaths — has been holding steady about about 100,000 a year, keeping the population on the rise.
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