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Is your state gaining or losing population?

By David Freddoso

Published December 22, 2016 1:00pm ET

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Is your state gaining or losing population? — America's population center of gravity appears to be, on the whole, shifting south and west. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) | Nam Y. Huh

I noted yesterday that Illinois has lost net population, with losses growing at an alarming rate over the last three years.

Illinois lost more people than any other state during that three-year period from July 2013 to July 2016. West Virginia, whose coal industry is reeling from federal regulations and low natural gas prices, lost more population in terms of percent change. (These are the only two states that have lost net population since 2010.)

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