California: Moving people leaving than Moving in

Recent census data that a troubling state economy has caused many Californians to leave the state, discouraged by job prospects and rising house prices. Domestic immigration boomed during the 1950s and 1960s, slowed in the next 4 decades, and since at least 2005, California has seen more emigration than immigration. Much of the deterrent has been from unemployment. The state’s once prime industries, notably aerospace, have contracted or been outsourced. The demographics of California now more closely resemble to early 20^th century California.

Immigration from Mexico has also slowed, for different reasons: increasing border violence and job shortages. The latter is a sharp contrast from the circumstances before, where immigrants saw many more opportunities in California and the US than in Mexico.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-california-move-20111127,0,5338351.story