The Annual Census Update Shows a Redder America

Declining net migration and a continuing shift to the red states are redrawing America’s political map.

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Delegates point to an electoral map at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pa., in 2016.

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The annual Census Bureau estimates of national and statewide population growth from July 2024 to July 2025 arrived later than usual this year, but, like U-Haul’s data on internal migration, the new census figures paint a picture that ought to be a serious wake-up call to blue America.

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Dan McLaughlin

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Dan McLaughlin

Dan McLaughlin is a senior writer at National Review Online and a fellow at National Review Institute.

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