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- Jackson, Mississippi, led the nation in the rate of population decline from July 2021 to July 2022.
- Many left cities in the Bay Area and Utah, as well as St. Louis and New Orleans.
- San Francisco, which was the fastest-declining city from July 2020 to July 2021, did not make the top 15.
The Miami metro area has been experiencing its first population decline over a multiyear period since 1970. Miami, though, is not alone.
In fact, Miami's nowhere near the top ten for rate of recent population loss, according to May data from the US Census Bureau.