For subscribers: San Diego County saw slight population gain last year, reversing pandemic-era exodus
While California continues to lose residents overall, San Diego County showed signs of stabilizing from the pandemic exodus by returning to populat...
While California continues to lose residents overall, San Diego County showed signs of stabilizing from the pandemic exodus by returning to population growth in 2022 — albeit a very small percentage gain. U.S. Census Bureau's 2022 county-level population estimates released Thursday showed that San Diego County added 1,254 residents from July 1, 2021, to July 1, 2022. A year earlier, Census data pegged the county's population as falling by 11,183 residents from July 2020 to July 2021 — mirroring the wider trend of more people leaving California's high-priced coastal urban centers during the pandemic.