U.S. Population Shift Accelerates to South, West, Census Shows
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The latest count of the U.S. population shows the demographic center of gravity continued to shift, advancing a decades-old movement of people and political clout away from the Northeast and Midwest.
The nation’s population grew 9.7 percent to 308,745,538 in the 2010 Census, with the fastest gains coming in the South and West. Ohio, New York and New Jersey are among the states that will lose seats in Congress because of the shift. States including Texas, Florida and Arizona are witnessing a fresh inflow of people from within the U.S. and beyond the nation’s borders and will benefit from more representation in Washington.