While it is true that our state’s population growth in the decade to 2010 puts us about in the middle of all states, it is due largely to our higher than average birth rate, and our status as destination for immigrants, legal and illegal. Take away those factors and we have a clear net outflow of people to other states.
Plus, the decade 2001 to 2010 is old data. The exodus of people has probably accelerated since our unemployment rate 2010 to 2013 has been greater than most other states.
