California’s population is still moving in the wrong direction.
According to the supplied source material, the state lost nearly 10,000 residents as its population decline continued. The material also states that California is one of just five states losing residents.
A rare decline among states
The reported drop puts California in a small group of states where the population is shrinking rather than growing. The source material does not provide the names of the other four states, the time period measured, or the agency or dataset behind the count.
That missing context matters. Population estimates can vary depending on whether they measure domestic migration, international migration, births, deaths, or total resident population.
What remains unclear
The available source text supports only a limited conclusion: California reportedly lost nearly 10,000 residents and remains among five states experiencing population decline.
