CALIFORNIA BUSINESS MINUTE
Population Growth?
12-29-09
Hi, I am Tim Johnson and welcome to the California Business Minute.
California’s population grew less than one percent, the slowest growth than more
than a decade as reported by the state’s Department of Finance.
California’s population only grew by 353,000, to 38.4 million from July 2008 to
July 2009.
The only years with slower growth since 1900 were during 1994 -1996. More people
left the state for other parts of the country than moved here, a difference of
about 142,000 people. While that number is outweighed by people moving from other
countries to California, it continues a trend of migration to other states that
began in 2005.
• Alpine is the least populated county, with 1,180 people, .003 percent
of the state. Los Angeles is the most populous county, with more than
10.4 million people, 27 percent
• The state's nine largest counties - Los Angeles, San Diego, Orange,
Riverside, San Bernardino, Santa Clara, Alameda, Sacramento and Contra
Costa - each have more than 1 million residents. They are home to 70
percent of Californians
• Los Angeles, San Diego, Orange, Riverside and Santa Clara counties
posted the highest numeric population gains and account for more than
half of the state's growth. Growth in these counties was primarily due
to more births than deaths
• Imperial, Placer and Tulare counties had the largest percentage increases
in population, each growing by more than 1.5 percent. Population change
ranged from the highest growth rate of 2.2 percent in Imperial to a 2.3
percent decline in Alpine
• Natural increase (more births than deaths) was the primary source of
growth in the state and for 37 of the state's 58 counties. Ten counties
experienced natural decrease (more deaths than births) - Amador, Calaveras,
Lake, Mariposa, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Trinity and Tuolumne.
• People moving in were the primary source of growth in 15 counties, while
in 25 counties, more people moved out.
I am Tim Johnson and this has been the California Business Minute.
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