The Real Population Bomb Decimates
Almost three-fourths of American counties lost population over the one-year period ending in July. Deaths outnumbering births in the United States tells part of the story. In places where coronavirus restrictions proved most onerous, many decided to move. “Los Angeles County lost 179,757 people in net domestic migration,” The Washington Post reports, “while New York County lost 113,642.” The counties containing Manhattan and San Francisco lost the most percentagewise. The counties containing Los Angeles, Manhattan, and Chicago lost the most in terms of raw numbers. In Delaware, Maine, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island, every county lost population in the July 2020 to July 2021 period covered. Los Angeles County lost 179,757 people in net domestic migration, while New York County lost 113,642. As deaths increased fertility continued to decrease, with immigration mitigating the downward population trend to such an extent that population actually increased though slightly. “I think one of the most important findings is the fact that almost 2,300 counties had more deaths than births in them,” University of New Hampshire demographer Kenneth M. Johnston told the Post. “That’s unheard of in American history.”

From American Spectator