This is basically a map to show that a lot of Americans will put up with a lot of absurd shit for a cheap tract home.
SaltyShawarma on
I’m so happy to see Idaho and Texas getting what they deserve: all of the shitty Californians. The rest of us Californians thank you for your service.
PsychedelicConvict on
Its also an aging population wanting to move to lower income tax areas for their retirement. I.e. i got mine, so peace out
Tomytom99 on
So uh, what do we do when we hit a literal physical population limit for the planet?
That’s always what I’ve wondered with the constant growth stuff. It’s not sustainable indefinitely, and I don’t know if anybody knows wtf to do when that finally hits.
Downvote all you want, it doesn’t change the fact that we’re essentially in a closed system when it comes to most of our resources.
hillshooter on
I’d like to see the same map but with the actual number of people +/- listed below the percentage change . I have a feeling that idaho’s 10% wouldn’t look as impressive as texas and their 8.8.
Flaky_History12 on
West Virginia doesn’t have much of a future. The job market and infrastructure is terrible overall and relies way too much on declining industries such as mining. To add on top of that, there are several major cities in other neighboring states that aren’t incredibly far away which causes people to simply move altogether. It’s really sad, especially because it has unique history. I envision that the national park and state parks will expand in size as nature takes more of West Virgina back as it has been already.
ShinePDX on
So only the poorest (MS, LA, WV) and most expensive states (CA, HI, IL, NY) lost people.
Bostonterrierpug on
Soon you all will be Florida man! Muahaha!
I hope you like riding gators and robbing nuggets
hikemalls on
Curious how much of West Virginia is people leaving the state, how much is older folks dying, and how much is opioids/drugs.
Arne1234 on
Illinois, Illinois. Going to get even bigger. Property taxes are eating up everyone’s take home pay, sales taxes, more and more taxes and more and more spending is the Illinois way. Makes NYC 10% property tax increase seem mild in comparison.
brett1081 on
All my homies hate West Virginia.
its0matt on
I thought birth rates were in major decline.
edgarpickle on
Another r/hatethecolorblind map. It’s so frustrating because so many things on this sub seem like they’d be fascinating, but being colorblind means I can’t really make much from it.Â
ZackTheZesty on
Why would anyone move TO New Mexico?
wwaxwork on
OK so states are decreasing by much smaller amounts than other states are growing so is this all shift or does it include birth and international immigration, or are the states that are decreasing just have that much more population than the other states?
SteveBored on
I thought Texas and Florida were terrible and no one wants to live there? What’s going on Reddit?
scorpio_is_ded on
Virginia should absorb WV and Maryland.
the018 on
Well, I’m about to go from TX to NY. I also realize this is not something that a lot of people have the resources to do.
meanie_ants on
In terms of constructive feedback, I think it would be better if the deepest negative was scaled to the same color depth as its opposite on the positive side (i.e., -1.54 equivalent to +1.54) rather than the maximum. Makes it seem like the -1.54 is equivalent in magnitude to the +10.37 the way it is now.
LadySayoria on
Congrats to the people who escaped West Virginia.
M00n_Slippers on
Why the hell are People moving to Idaho??
elderly_millenial on
I’m ok with more people leaving California. Too many waves of people came over in the last century so it’s only fair that some of them went back in this one. ~30M seemed to be the sweet spot.
gonzoforpresident on
If the percentage change stays the same, it would be 6 or 7 years before Texas is more populous than California. Florida would follow suit about 10 years later.
That’s kind of mind boggling to think about. It’s like a state level version of when India became more populous than China.
wcwchris on
Hey liberals/progressives/leftists, we gotta start having more kids.
GreenGorilla8232 on
Illinois is a fascinating example of a grossly incompetent state and local government that’s been so terribllu mismanaged it’s driving residents out of the state.
Who wants to pay one of the highest tax burdens in the country for terrible weather, declining public services, and no access to nature?
![[OC] Population Growth by State from 2020 to 2025](https://www.byteseu.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/k9kgye7pbjkg1-1536x1280.png "[OC] Population Growth by State from 2020 to 2025")
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Derived from Census Bureau population estimates, mapped in Datawrapper. [https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-kits/2026/national-state-population-estimates.html](https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-kits/2026/national-state-population-estimates.html)
This is basically a map to show that a lot of Americans will put up with a lot of absurd shit for a cheap tract home.
I’m so happy to see Idaho and Texas getting what they deserve: all of the shitty Californians. The rest of us Californians thank you for your service.
Its also an aging population wanting to move to lower income tax areas for their retirement. I.e. i got mine, so peace out
So uh, what do we do when we hit a literal physical population limit for the planet?
That’s always what I’ve wondered with the constant growth stuff. It’s not sustainable indefinitely, and I don’t know if anybody knows wtf to do when that finally hits.
Downvote all you want, it doesn’t change the fact that we’re essentially in a closed system when it comes to most of our resources.
I’d like to see the same map but with the actual number of people +/- listed below the percentage change . I have a feeling that idaho’s 10% wouldn’t look as impressive as texas and their 8.8.
West Virginia doesn’t have much of a future. The job market and infrastructure is terrible overall and relies way too much on declining industries such as mining. To add on top of that, there are several major cities in other neighboring states that aren’t incredibly far away which causes people to simply move altogether. It’s really sad, especially because it has unique history. I envision that the national park and state parks will expand in size as nature takes more of West Virgina back as it has been already.
So only the poorest (MS, LA, WV) and most expensive states (CA, HI, IL, NY) lost people.
Soon you all will be Florida man! Muahaha!
I hope you like riding gators and robbing nuggets
Curious how much of West Virginia is people leaving the state, how much is older folks dying, and how much is opioids/drugs.
Illinois, Illinois. Going to get even bigger. Property taxes are eating up everyone’s take home pay, sales taxes, more and more taxes and more and more spending is the Illinois way. Makes NYC 10% property tax increase seem mild in comparison.
All my homies hate West Virginia.
I thought birth rates were in major decline.
Another r/hatethecolorblind map. It’s so frustrating because so many things on this sub seem like they’d be fascinating, but being colorblind means I can’t really make much from it.Â
Why would anyone move TO New Mexico?
OK so states are decreasing by much smaller amounts than other states are growing so is this all shift or does it include birth and international immigration, or are the states that are decreasing just have that much more population than the other states?
I thought Texas and Florida were terrible and no one wants to live there? What’s going on Reddit?
Virginia should absorb WV and Maryland.
Well, I’m about to go from TX to NY. I also realize this is not something that a lot of people have the resources to do.
In terms of constructive feedback, I think it would be better if the deepest negative was scaled to the same color depth as its opposite on the positive side (i.e., -1.54 equivalent to +1.54) rather than the maximum. Makes it seem like the -1.54 is equivalent in magnitude to the +10.37 the way it is now.
Congrats to the people who escaped West Virginia.
Why the hell are People moving to Idaho??
I’m ok with more people leaving California. Too many waves of people came over in the last century so it’s only fair that some of them went back in this one. ~30M seemed to be the sweet spot.
If the percentage change stays the same, it would be 6 or 7 years before Texas is more populous than California. Florida would follow suit about 10 years later.
That’s kind of mind boggling to think about. It’s like a state level version of when India became more populous than China.
Hey liberals/progressives/leftists, we gotta start having more kids.
Illinois is a fascinating example of a grossly incompetent state and local government that’s been so terribllu mismanaged it’s driving residents out of the state.
Who wants to pay one of the highest tax burdens in the country for terrible weather, declining public services, and no access to nature?