Cities Americans Are Abandoning

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10. Enid, OK
Population change due to migration, 2020-2021: -1.1% (-691)
Total population change, 2020-2021: -1.1% (-703)
Unemployment rate, April 2022: 2.6%
Median home value: $119,000
Total population: 61,926

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9. Grand Island, NE
Population change due to migration, 2020-2021: -1.1% (-854)
Total population change, 2020-2021: -0.9% (-710)
Unemployment rate, April 2022: 2.1%
Median home value: $150,600
Total population: 76,175

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8. Urban Honolulu, HI
Population change due to migration, 2020-2021: -1.4% (-13,686)
Total population change, 2020-2021: -1.2% (-12,337)
Unemployment rate, April 2022: 3.7%
Median home value: $702,300
Total population: 1,000,890

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7. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
Population change due to migration, 2020-2021: -1.5% (-199,539)
Total population change, 2020-2021: -1.3% (-175,913)
Unemployment rate, April 2022: 5.0%
Median home value: $641,300
Total population: 12,997,353

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6. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
Population change due to migration, 2020-2021: -1.8% (-361,774)
Total population change, 2020-2021: -1.6% (-327,955)
Unemployment rate, April 2022: 4.8%
Median home value: $465,400
Total population: 19,768,458