Immigration drops shift population, political power to Texas and Florida [View all]
A drop in immigration amid President Donald Trump’s enforcement crackdown led to historically slow population growth in the United States last year.
Activity at the southern border is at a historic low. The population change reflects the last months of the Biden administration, when immigration controls began to tighten, and the first months of the Trump administration’s massive anti-immigration and deportation agenda.
Five states lost population, according to the new Census Bureau estimates released Jan. 27 covering changes between mid-2024 and mid-2025. The changes suggest Texas and Florida could gain congressional seats at the expense of California, Illinois and New York.
States that did gain population were concentrated in the South, where numbers appear to give Republican states in the region a political edge halfway through the decade.
https://stateline.org/2026/01/27/immigration-drops-shift-population-political-power-to-texas-and-florida/
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