California's population declined last year, marking the first time the nation's largest state has registered a drop since it joined the Union in 1850, I just read a report in The Hill. (www.thehill.com).

The state's Department of Finance said in a report Friday that California's population stood at 39,466,855 as of Jan. 1, down 182,083 from the prior year, a growth rate of minus 0.46 percent.

That is more Californians died in 2020 than were born, even before factoring in the 51,000 Golden State residents who died from COVID-19.

The state also received 100,000 fewer immigrants than in 2019, a drop the Finance Department attributed to federal policy under the Trump administration.

Wish more states reported this trend?