California Dreaming? More Americans are Leaving

Revelations 13:16-18 “Also it causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave, to be marked on the right hand or the forehead, so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark, that is, the name of the beast or the number of its name. This calls for wisdom: let the one who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and his number is 666.”

Important Takeaways:

  • Gavin Newsom addresses California exodus, tells Americans ‘don’t count us out’
  • California lost 117,552 people between Jan. 1, 2021 and Jan. 1, 2022, according to the state’s Department of Finance, bringing its population back to where it was in 2016.
  • In 2022, Florida saw the biggest rush of new residents migrating from predominantly blue states with steep taxes, with about 319,000 Americans making the move there, according to data from the National Association of Realtors. That amounts to a population increase of nearly 2% – well above the 0.4% national growth rate recorded in the U.S. between July 2021 and July 2022.
  • California attributed its population slump to reduced births, immigration, an increase in deaths and people moving to other states.
  • But one complaint that seems to stick around the Golden State is its high cost of living.
  • California’s state income tax currently sits at 13.3% with the top 1% of Californians paying roughly half of the state’s bill

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