NYC has lost nearly half a million residents since start of COVID pandemic
FILE - The sun sets on the skyline of lower Manhattan and One World Trade Center behind the Statue of Liberty in New York City on May 14, 2023, as seen from Jersey City, New Jersey. (Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images) NEW YORK - Some of America's largest cities have seen a significant decrease in population since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, with the Big Apple topping the list during the three-year period.A report by the U.S.
Census Bureau released Thursday estimated more than 468,200 residents left New York City between April 2020 and July 2022, accounting for a 5.3% decrease in the city's population.
The largest loss came between 2020 and 2021 when the population declined by just over 281,000.Only three other U.S. cities saw worse percentages during the same time period, with San Francisco, California losing 7.5% of its residents, Louisiana's Lake Charles losing 6.9% and Revere, Massachusetts losing 5.9%.Despite the loss of hundreds of thousands of residents, NYC remains America's largest city by a long shot as more than 8.3 million people call it home.According to a new study, New York City is slowly sinking due to the incredible weight of its skyscrapers.US POPULATION CENTER TRENDING SOUTHWARD THIS DECADE, ESTIMATES SHOWLos Angeles, which also saw a population decline of about 76,000, is the country's second-largest city with over 3.8 million residents.
Chicago is the third-largest with an estimated 2,665,039 residents as of July 1, 2022, although it has also seen a decrease of more than 81,000 since April 2020.Rounding out the top five most-populated cities in America as of July 2022 are Houston, Texas, and Phoenix, Arizona.
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India
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