Pennsylvania lost about 40,000 residents from July 2021 to July of last year according to new data released by the U.S. Census Bureau. It ranked fourth among the eighteen states that lost population. Only New York, California, and Illinois lost more.
Pennsylvania was also second behind Florida among states that lost population by “natural decline”, which is the number of deaths versus the number of births. There were about 23,000 more deaths than births in our state last year.
Since 2010, Pennsylvania has had only one year in which it gained residents. Even worse, the state stands to lose an estimated 250,000 working-age adults from 2020 to 2025. Even with the losses, Pennsylvania is the fifth most populous state in the nation.
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