New York Population Decreases by the Largest Percentage Compared to any Other State

More people are choosing to leave New York, the Big Apple, than any other state.

The U.S. Census released data on Monday saying that people are leaving New York at a faster rate than nearly any other state in the country.

This is the fourth year that the state’s population decreased as the number of residents leaving was higher than the number of births, new residents and immigration to New York.

New York is one of 10 states with a population decrease between 2018 and 2019 according to an Empire Center for Public Policy study.

“New York has lost nearly 1.4 million residents to the rest of the country since 2010 – and largely as a result of this outflow, the Empire State’s total population barely budged during the decade,” a Dec. 30 Empire Center release said.

“The cost of living in New York — the high taxes, regulations and housing costs — are making it untenable to live the American dream here,” Staten Island Councilman Joe Borelli told the New York Post.

The state saw a population decrease of 76,000 people in 2019.  That is about 0.4 percent overall and the largest decline of any state in the U.S.