Census Charts Unexpected Bay Area Demographic Shifts

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🗓️ 31 May 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

More data from the 2020 Census reveals demographic changes that paint a picture of a different Bay Area today than that of a decade ago. In conjunction with migration out of the area during the pandemic, the region’s population is getting older and homeownership rates are dropping. Racial demographics throughout the nine counties are also shifting, but maybe not in the way you’d expect. We’ll talk about these evolving population trends and what they could mean for the local economy and the housing crisis. Guests: Harriet Blair Rowan, data reporter, Bay Area News Group Hans Johnson, demographer and senior fellow, Public Policy Institute of California Ethan Varian, housing reporter, Bay Area News Group Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:47.7	The population of the Bay Area is changing.
0:50.3	There are stories every day about how people are leaving.
0:53.4	Based on the past few years, some people call it an exodus.
0:56.0	There are also changes to the racial and ethnic composition of our region.
1:00.0	Today we'll take the longer view, zooming out from just the past couple years,
1:04.0	to think about the Bay Area and California population trends.
1:08.0	What's actually changed?
1:10.0	How much has how we collect the data
1:12.4	transform the statistics about our cities?
1:15.8	It's not that demographics as destiny
1:17.6	or that the trends will stay the same,
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