Even a pandemic couldn t stop the population and housing boom in this Sacramento suburb
Sacramento Bee 4 hrs ago Darrell Smith, The Sacramento Bee
May 7 It s never happened before.
California s population shrank for the first time in 2020. By the numbers, that s 182,083, or 0.46%, a decline slightly larger than the population of Elk Grove.
Any drop in the Golden State is big news a first-ever 12-month decline for California, the state Department of Finance said Friday attributed to fewer births, changes to federal immigration policy that slowed migration and deaths from COVID-19.
But look inside the state population figures released Friday and it shows Elk Grove residents what they already see and feel.