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Originally Posted by Manitopiaaa
The real stunner is Idaho. +38,000 in a state of 1.8 million is just incredible.
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Delaware's growth is not that far behind, and sticks out in the Northeast section as second-biggest by raw numbers, only behind Virginia, with 8-10 times the population.
Idaho's one-year growth: 1.0211
Delaware's one-year growth: 1.0103
For perspective, here's some other high-growth states:
Florida's one-year growth: 1.0112
Texas' one-year growth: 1.0129
Colorado's one-year growth: 1.0085
Utah's one-year growth: 1.0145
Nevada's one-year growth: 1.0153
Delaware's growth is mainly due to the burgeoning retirement area, Sussex County. It's been off the radar for a couple decades, first just attracting northern Delawareans to the other end of the state where they used to go to the beach for the weekends in the summer, then progressing to people from the DC area also retiring at the beach, since coastal Delaware is their beach place too. But now it's just beginning to get national prominence. I don't remember the subject of the story in full, but some political article I was reading was discussing retirement places and migration patterns in the US, mentioning the Carolinas, Florida, and Texas, and putting coastal Delaware in the same breath. This was not a Biden thing, either. Long story short, Delaware is the main place going against the general trends in the Northeast.