-0.07%
MAINE
Even with the drop, Maine’s population of 1,329,328 is about a thousand more than it was five years ago.
-0.11%
CONNECTICUT
The Nutmeg State’s loss of 3,876 people was mostly a result of people moving away.
-0.17%
ILLINOIS
Illinois’s population shrank by more than 22,000 people, 10,488 from Cook County alone.
-0.25%
WEST VIRGINIA
As in Maine, more people are dying than being born in the Mountain State; its current population is 1,844,128.
-1.7%
PUERTO RICO
The island’s population shrank by 60,706 people amid its financial struggles, overwhelmingly from migration.
–Belinda Luscombe
This appears in the July 04, 2016 issue of TIME.
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