Subject: Re: Historic Homicide Rates
And no, no one is fleeing. No, every city and every town in America is not seeing an exodus of citizens


According to Census Bureau data, between April 2020 and July 2022, New York City's estimated population slumped from 8.80 million to 8.34 million, a drop of roughly 468,000 residents — nearly 5.3% of the city's total population.

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Los Angeles County can lose about 1.4 million residents from 2023 until 2060, newly released data from California’s Department of Finance shows.

Currently, the county’s population for 2023 stands at 9.5 million, a decrease from the 10 million population figure the county had in 2020, according to the report.

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85% OF ILLINOIS COMMUNITIES LOSE PEOPLE IN 2022; CHICAGO LOSES 33K
by Bryce Hill MAY 17, 2023
85% of Illinois communities lose people in 2022; Chicago loses 33k
1,108 Illinois communities of all sizes shared in the record loss of more than 104,000 residents in 2022, according to new Census Bureau data. Chicago lost 32% of the state’s total.

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Houston is a city located in Fort Bend County, Harris County, and Montgomery County Texas. Houston has a 2023 population of 2,264,876. It is also the county seat of Harris County.Houston is currently declining at a rate of -0.51% annually and its population has decreased by -1.53% since the most recent census, which recorded a population of 2,300,027 in 2020.

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n 2021, Phoenix, AZ had a population of 1.59M people with a median age of 34.1 and a median household income of $64,927. Between 2020 and 2021 the population of Phoenix, AZ declined from 1.66M to 1.59M, a −4.06%

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Philadelphia population continues downward trend: Census data

https://www.cbsnews.com/philad...

Louisiana’s population drops for third straight year

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Census report finds Baltimore City and county losing residents

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There is a population decline in the eight cities you listed.