LA County Leads Nation in Population Loss as California Growth Continues to Stall

L.A. County Saw Largest Population Decline in U.S. in 2025

YouTube@NTD       Los Angeles County saw the largest population decline in the U.S. in 2025.  That’s according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau.  Between July 1st, 2024 and July 1st, 2025, nearly 54-thousand people moved out of L.A. County.  The population decline has been happening steadily for a few years now.  The county now has less than nine-point-seven-million residents.  In 2020, it had more than ten-million residents.  In 2025, Ri…

Los Angeles County Has Largest Population Loss in Country, US Census Reports

Population growth slowed in a majority of the nation’s 3,143 counties and the District of Columbia between July 1, 2024, and July 1, 2025, according to the Vintage 2025 population estimates released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau. How much of that is self-deportations? According to the Census, “these shifts were largely due to lower levels of net international migration (NIM), which declined nationwide. Nine out of 10 U.S. counties experienc…

LA County leads nation in population loss as California growth continues to stall

While Los Angeles County has seen a significant slide from its peak of 10 million residents, the broader census data indicates that California's population as a whole keeps declining.

U.S. Census Bureau: L.A. County shows highest overall population decline in the country

Los Angeles County experienced the highest overall population decline in the country, according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau.

County Recorded Nation’s Sharpest Population Decline in 2025, Census Data Shows

LOS ANGELES - County posted the largest one-year population decline of any county in the United States between July 1, 2024, and July 1, 2025, according to new U.S. Census Bureau estimates released March 26. The county’s population fell from…