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Dec 26, 2022·edited Dec 26, 2022

Huh. The stat that Utah has such low housing per-capita is interesting. Is that just because of big families? Maybe not... I just pulled up their vacancy rate, and it's quite comparable to CA, much lower than rust-belt states like Ohio or Michigan.

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=Y9tN

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Big estates and big families outside of SLC. Utah's vacancy rate is on the lower end but the Census 2020 count pegs it at 8.2% vs California's 6.4%

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I think ignoring the fact that California has gained population from immigration from overseas only shows half the picture here. I would particularly be curious about the education and income levels of new immigrants.

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Well in migration from immigrants have often exceeded outmigration. The point however in the last few years is that immigration from outside the US to CA has shrunk well below outmigration.

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