Who is moving to California and who is leaving
California Demographic Stats for 2016-2022
Total Population Growth/Decline 2016-2022
Southern California:
Riverside: 105,595
San Bernardino: 73,809
Orange: 43,016
San Diego: 36,345
Ventura: -1,101
Los Angeles: -120,465
Northern California:
Alameda: 58,606
Contra Costa: 54,723
Santa Clara: 31,175
Solano: 21,359
San Francisco: 754
San Mateo: -488
Sonoma: -9,340
Central California:
Sacramento: 99,911
San Joaquin: 64,585
Fresno: 45,120
Kern: 35,546
Stanislaus: 22,042
Source: https://www.city-data.com/forum/california/3478909-who-moving-california-who-leaving-california.html
Non-Hispanic White Population Growth 2016-2022
Southern California:
Ventura: -27,059
Riverside: -77,548
San Bernardino: -79,007
San Diego: -86,106
Orange: -93,496
Los Angeles: -182,610
Northern California:
Solano: -9,367
Sonoma: -23,125
San Francisco: -24,188
San Mateo: -25,908
Contra Costa: -33,041
Alameda: -36,345
Santa Clara: -66,107
Central California:
San Joaquin: -18,448
Sacramento: -19,262 Fresno: -20,500
Stanislaus: -21,309
Kern: -28,764
Source: https://www.city-data.com/forum/california/3478909-who-moving-california-who-leaving-california.html
Hispanic Population Growth 2016-2022
Southern California:
Riverside: 130,309
San Bernardino: 111,043
San Diego: 58,328
Ventura: 13,786
Orange: 6,834
Los Angeles: -24,056
Northern California:
Contra Costa: 29,219
Solano: 16,911
Sonoma: 7,980
Alameda: 7,533
San Francisco: 1,619
San Mateo: -8,912
Santa Clara: -20,239
Central California:
Kern: 51,958
Fresno: 45,638
Sacramento: 45,383
San Joaquin: 41,999
Stanislaus: 33,432
Source: https://www.city-data.com/forum/california/3478909-who-moving-california-who-leaving-california.html
Asian Population Growth 2016-2022
Southern California:
Orange: 85,738
Los Angeles: 39,541
San Bernardino: 25,084
Riverside: 22,489
San Diego: 18,644
Ventura: 1,377
Northern California:
Santa Clara: 98,805
Alameda: 81,323
Contra Costa: 39,867
San Mateo: 27,072
San Francisco: 8,987
Solano: 5,310
Sonoma: 1,994
Central California:
Sacramento: 47,462
San Joaquin: 26,111
Fresno: 11,413
Kern: 4,638
Stanislaus: 4,196
Source: https://www.city-data.com/forum/california/3478909-who-moving-california-who-leaving-california.html
Black Population Growth 2016-2022
Southern California:
Riverside: 10,293
Orange: 927
Ventura: 596
San Diego: -5,146
San Bernardino: -6,974
Los Angeles: -48,027
Northern California:
Contra Costa: 3,803
Sonoma: 343
Solano: -265
Santa Clara: -1,298
San Mateo: -1,404
San Francisco: -1,824
Alameda: -11,429
Central California:
San Joaquin: 4,769
Sacramento: 4,064
Stanislaus: 1,800
Kern: -1,099
Fresno: -3,290
Source: https://www.city-data.com/forum/california/3478909-who-moving-california-who-leaving-california.html
Total Domestic Population Growth
Born in Northeastern States
Northern California:
San Mateo: 438
Alameda: 330
San Francisco: -87
Contra Costa: -366
Sonoma: -462
Solano: -1,459
Santa Clara: -3,226
Southern California:
San Diego: 1,105
Ventura: -5,275
Los Angeles: -5,769
San Bernardino: -6,179
Riverside: -8,576
Orange: -15,180
Central California:
Sacramento: 1,333
San Joaquin: 1,307
Stanislaus: -1,110
Fresno: -1,594
Kern: -1,970
Born in Midwestern States
Northern California:
San Francisco: -537
Sonoma: -1,955
Solano: -2,668
Contra Costa: -2,870
Alameda: -4,157
San Mateo: -4,618
Santa Clara: -13,403
Southern California:
Ventura: -8,484
San Bernardino: -16,501
Riverside: -19,235
San Diego: -21,522
Orange: -22,923
Los Angeles: -36,304
Central California::
San Joaquin: -2,508
Fresno: -3,122
Stanislaus: -3,664
Kern: -4,633
Sacramento: -6,423
Born in Southern States
Northern California:
San Mateo: -154
Sonoma: -172
San Francisco: -895
Solano: -2,017
Contra Costa: -2,159
Santa Clara: -4,990
Alameda: -8,523
Southern California:
Ventura: -2,858
San Diego: -5,042
Orange: -8,881
San Bernardino: -9,125
Riverside: -10,657
Los Angeles: -22,656
Central California:
San Joaquin: -2,355
Stanislaus: -4,978
Kern: -6,201
Fresno: -6,242
Sacramento: -7,158
Born in other Western States
Northern California:
Solano: 918
San Francisco: -1,386
Alameda: -1,906
San Mateo: -2,831
Contra Costa: -2,857
Sonoma: -3,840
Santa Clara: -6,027
Southern California:
Orange: 158
Ventura: -1,702
San Diego: -3,357
San Bernardino: -5,909
Riverside: -6,592
Los Angeles: -10,739
Central California:
Fresno: 1,451
Kern: -928
San Joaquin: -1,687
Stanislaus: -2,154
Sacramento: -2,306
Source: https://www.city-data.com/forum/california/3478909-who-moving-california-who-leaving-california.html
International Immigrant Growth Net Change 2016-2022
“Southern California - the negative numbers represent massive declines in Mexican immigration and reverse immigration back to Mexico. Other immigrant groups still represent high numbers into Southern California.”
Southern California:
Riverside: 18,815
San Bernardino: 556
Ventura: -11,859 Orange: -14,221
San Diego: -16,423
Los Angeles: -162,417
Northern California:
Santa Clara: 56,158
Alameda: 44,827
Contra Costa: 25,141
San Mateo: 4,613
Solano: 2,157
Sonoma: -4,076
San Francisco: -8,680
Central California:
Sacramento: 32,110
San Joaquin: 20,403
Stanislaus: 3,593
Kern: 1,969
Fresno: -4,998
Source: https://www.city-data.com/forum/california/3478909-who-moving-california-who-leaving-california.html
“These are specific foreign born growth numbers between 2016-2022 by County. These are for Bay Area Counties. Ill list LA/San Diego, and Central California in separate posts. All immigrant nationalities over 2,500 listed”
Northern California Counties:
Alameda
India: 28,453
China: 10,736
Guatemala: 3,890
Nigeria: 2,632
Contra Costa
India: 6,090
China: 3,637
San Francisco
India: 4,550
San Mateo
China: 8,621
India: 3,737
Santa Clara
China: 31,335
India: 26,006
Taiwan: 4,033
Korea: 2,708
Iran: 2,681
Solano None
Sonoma None
Source: https://www.city-data.com/forum/california/3478909-who-moving-california-who-leaving-california.html
Southern California Counties:
Los Angeles
China: 16,388
Armenia: 7,503
Philippines: 6,102
Iran: 5,520
El Salvador: 5,356
Guatemala: 4,748
Brazil: 4,456
Nigeria: 3,779
Bangladesh: 2,992
India: 2,542
Orange
China: 16,523
India: 6,594
Vietnam: 6,502
Iran: 2,607
Riverside
Philippines: 5,472
China: 3,756
Guatemala: 3,667
United Kingdom: 2,523
San Bernardino
China: 8,491
El Salvador: 2,877
Ventura
Philippines: 3,145
San Diego
India: 4,833
China: 3,648
Source: https://www.city-data.com/forum/california/3478909-who-moving-california-who-leaving-california-2.html
Central California (and Sacramento):
Sacramento
Afghanistan: 13,568
India: 5,527
Vietnam: 4,647
Philippines: 2,997
Ukraine: 2,591
San Joaquin
India: 7,226
Pakistan: 2,703
Stanislaus None
Fresno None
Kern None
Source: https://www.city-data.com/forum/california/3478909-who-moving-california-who-leaving-california-2.html
So a few comments just based on my own personal experiences and observations, entirely anecdotal and subjective, admittedly. I am seeing more ‘diversity’ overall in my general area where I’ve resided for almost 30 years now. It is still about 70% white but aging and declining demographically. Children represent the future and the children I’m seeing on playgrounds are mostly brown with a small white minority. This is in contrast to what I observed upon first moving to this area in the mid 1990s.
Whites are aging and dying off while their adult children and grandchildren are increasingly moving out of the region or state entirely due to the expensive housing and rental prices and overall cost of living.
I have also been noticing over the past decade a small but growing number of Africans, Middle Easterners, and Asians settling in the area.
I see the economic and social structure of California increasingly resembling Latin America with a small upper class elite at the top insulated from the social and economic chaos their policies have created. A large segment of working poor barely surviving, many immigrant or first generation born descendants of such, and a growing underclass/lumpenproletariat homeless and living a subsistence lifestyle or dependent on the safety net, as inadequate as it is.
Interesting stuff but I am left hungry for a description of the lived experience of whites in California. What are the defining or characteristic experiences of being a part of a group sinking into minority status? How do non-elite whites cope with their low caste legal status (ineligibility for DEI) when this is coupled with assumptions of collective white privilege? There must be plenty of great stories or perspectives on all this.