New estimates reveal that close to 31,000 more people moved out of San Diego County than moved in between July of 2022 and July of 2023, almost double what it was a year earlier.
Against the backdrop of soaring housing costs in the last year, tens of thousands of San Diego County residents decided to take a big leap. They left. New estimates released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau reveal that close to 31,000 more people moved out of the county than moved in between July of 2022 and July of 2023 — almost double what it was a year earlier.
With the exception of the first year of the pandemic, when the net outflow exceeded 33,000, that volume of people exiting the county hasn't been seen in nearly three decades. The net effect was a slight dip in San Diego County's overall population last year— just a year after the region had returned to population growth following a COVID-19-fueled decline. As of July, the county's population was estimated to be 3.27 million, down by nearly 7,100 from 2022. Were it not for the unexpectedly huge outflow of locals, San Diego might have had a shot at a modest increase in population. The county's natural growth — the number of births outpacing deaths — approached 13,000 between 2022 and 202
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