Global Influx, Local Exodus: The New Geography of American Growth

What the latest Census Bureau population data tells us about people and cities

Welcome back to Home Economics, a newsletter about American housing.

The Census Bureau released 2023-24 population estimates yesterday. The data showed large coastal cities returning to growth after shrinking during the pandemic years. International in-migration was the main driver.

But New York and Los Angeles are hardly the picture of urban health. They…