From the LA Weekly:
Thanks, Millennials: L.A.'s Population Tops 4 Million for the First Time
By Dennis Romero
TUESDAY, MAY 3, 2016 AT 6:02 A.M.
If it's feeling a little more crowded around here, you can likely thank your nearest millennial.
For the first time, government officials are estimating that the city of Los Angeles' population has surpassed 4 million.
The county, with 10,241,335, remains above the 10 million mark, the state Department of Finance said this week.
The department's
population report, based on estimates for January, contains preliminary figures. Still, it's an eye-opener, pointing to increased density in California's largest city and to the probability that millennial residents are fueling urban growth.
The city of L.A.'s 1.3 percent expansion was the largest among the Golden State's 10 biggest cities, the Department of Finance report found.
Demographer Dowell Myers of USC's Sol Price School of Public Policy says that with Mexican immigration at a standstill and families on the decrease in Los Angeles, the growth spurt here points to millennial workers who enjoy dense, downtown-style accommodations.
"We've been losing Latinos and kids," Myers said. "So this increase in population is not due to immigration at all. It's due to millennials and jobs."
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Per the finance report, California grew by .9 percent in 2015. I believe it; I still often see out-of-state license plates where I live, and I know that the drivers are not just visiting; they've been parking their cars in my neighborhood for months---and I report them to the CHP through their website, out-of-state registration cheaters. When you move to California, you only have 20 days to register your vehicle without paying penalties. California loses millions of dollars a year in revenue due to residents who unlawfully register their vehicles in other states. I've reported cars with plates from Wyoming, Oklahoma, Texas, Alabama, Illinois, Arizona, Nevada, Oregon, New York... all within the last year.
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