More Than 250,000 People Have Left the San Francisco Bay Area Since the Pandemic

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The population in Northern California is on the decline, according to data released March 31 by the U.S. Census Bureau, with more than 250,000 peopleโ€”approximately half the population of Wyomingโ€”fleeing the San Francisco Bay Area since 2020.

Santa Clara County experienced the most migration, with about 80,000 choosing to leave, but more births than deaths in the county helped it essentially tie with San Franciso as the leaders in population declines, equating to approximately 65,000 each.

The majority of San Franciscoโ€™s exodus, with more than 7.5 percent leaving, occurred in the year immediately following the 2020 onset of the pandemic.

A host of issues are contributing to the exodus, according to Lee Ohanian, professor of economics at the University of Californiaโ€“Los Angeles and senior fellow at the Hoover Institution.

โ€œPeople are choosing to live where itโ€™s more affordable, crime rates are lower, and schools are better,โ€ he told The Epoch Times.

He additionally said the responsibility of stemming the exodus lies with elected officials.

โ€œItโ€™s expensive to live here due to economic policies and government roadblocks,โ€ he said.

Increased office vacancies, reportedly 30 percent in San Francisco, are also expediting population declines.

โ€œYouโ€™ve got a situation where businesses are pulling out, buildings are vacant, valuations are going to go down, property taxes will go down, empty downtown canโ€™t support other businesses, and it becomes a vicious circle,โ€ Ohanian said.

Napa and Marinโ€™s populations, representing the first and second smallest of Northern Californiaโ€™s 10 counties, experienced the smallest decreases, respectively.

International migration helped stymie losses across all counties, as data showed net domestic migration exceeding 350,000 for the region, but more than 65,000 entered at the same time. It is unclear what percentage of these represent illegal immigrants.

The numbers indicate that locals are choosing to leave the area in search of more suitable accommodation in other states, with 3.2 percent disappearing over the past two years.

The counties make up the geographic area, including Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, and Sonoma.

Byย Travis Gillmore

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