The new Census release also included five-year net domestic migration numbers, confirming the biggest demographic story of recent times: the sad, ongoing collapse of California.

We are witnessing day after day the greatest transfer of wealth and political clout in American history. New York and California are shrinking while Texas and Florida are getting steadily richer.

Florida and Texas gained a combined 1.7 million people from domestic migration so far this decade, while nearly three million people fled New York and California.

New York has its own set of problems, but one of life’s great mysteries is how Gavin Newsom has made one of the most beautiful places on the planet so toxic. Amazingly, he’s now the front-running Democrat for president in 2028. He’s going to run on his record!

Meanwhile, nine of the 10 states from 2025 with the fastest rise in population were red states.

If current trends continue, the next redistricting could look like this: