not overly surprising -it is about as expensive to live in California as New York:
California Population Growth Rate Slows
By Daryl Kelley, Times Staff Writer
One of every eight Americans is a Californian, demographers reported today.
A study shows California grew by more than half a million people in 2004 for the sixth straight year, but the pace of growth was the slowest since the 1990s because of slowing immigration and birth rates.
Officially, the state grew by 539,000 residents last year — up 1.5% — to a total of 36.8 million, according to the new study by the state Department of Finance.
By comparison, California growth last peaked at about 647,000 new residents, or 1.9%, in 2001.
"These numbers show that California is still attractive to both people from other countries and within the nation," said demographer Linda Gage. "But our actual rate of growth is continuing to slow down, and that's been happening since 2001."
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