{"id":588716,"date":"2026-04-21T12:43:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T12:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=588716"},"modified":"2026-04-21T12:43:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T12:43:53","slug":"the-fastest-per-capita-inbound-migration-population-growth-in-us-is-not-florida-or-texas-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=588716","title":{"rendered":"The fastest per-capita inbound migration population growth in US is not Florida or Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Between 2024 and 2025, South Carolina\u2019s population grew faster than the population of every other state in the nation, thanks to an influx of inbound migration.<\/p>\n

\u201cBetween July 1, 2024, and July 1, 2025, South Carolina\u2019s population grew at a rate of 1.5 percent, faster than any other state in the country, according to the U.S. Census Bureau,\u201d South Carolina\u2019s Department of Employment and Workforce (DEW<\/a>) reported in mid-February.<\/p>\n

DEW attributed this growth to people migrating to South Carolina from other states.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom July 2024 to July 2025, South Carolina netted 66,622 domestic migrants, meaning 66,622 more people moved into the state than out of it,\u201d the department explained.<\/p>\n

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One of the biggest surprises in United States migration data\u2026..<\/p>\n

South Carolina. Not Texas. Not Florida.<\/p>\n

South Carolina has the fastest per-capita population growth in the country right now. https:\/\/t.co\/oCYIJ8jM8v<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 The Timeless Traveler (@TimelessTrvlr) March 10, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The only catch was that the growth was limited to just 10 counties: Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Lancaster, Lexington, Greenville, Horry, Richland, Spartanburg, and York.<\/p>\n

According to The Post and Courier<\/a>, almost every other county actually experienced a reduction in population growth.<\/p>\n

The influx hasn\u2019t necessarily made life easier, especially because many of the arriving out-of-state \u201cmigrants\u201d have been retirees.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur growth is outpacing some services, especially primary care health positions for the retirees,\u201d Jasper County Council Chairman Joey Rowell told the Courier. \u201cA lot of the retirees also want more brick-and-mortar amenities in the area.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re one of the fastest-growing communities in the United States, but all the people moving here are retirees who are demanding services, and we have a struggle with trying to hire labor to serve all the people moving in,\u201d Myrtle Beach City Manager Jonathan \u201cFox\u201d Simons added.<\/p>\n

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We need a tax for new residents of SC who move in after 2027. Instead of providing much needed infrastructure for a growing population, our lawmakers are busy spending billions in corporate bailouts. We can\u2019t keep up.<\/p>\n

Stop moving here, we\u2019re full!
\nKeep South Carolina Southern! https:\/\/t.co\/TW5HTvN9zE<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Nalin Haley (@Nalin_Haley) January 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The state Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office has estimated that the state\u2019s population will grow by another 800,000 by 2042, though those 800k people are expected to settle into just 21 of the state\u2019s counties.<\/p>\n

The good news for the right is that the population movement is making South Carolina older, wealthier, and whiter, meaning more right-wing.<\/p>\n

Some conservationists are worried about the growth happening too fast.<\/p>\n

\u201cTraffic issues abound. Some health care services are strained. And the growth shows no sign of slowing, much to the alarm of conservationists,\u201d The New York Times<\/a> notes.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, though more people moved to S.C. than any other state between 2024 and 2025, the state\u2019s population growth has actually slowed down from previous years.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople flooded into South Carolina as the pandemic eased in 2022,\u201d the Courier notes. \u201cIn 2023, a half-dozen counties saw their resident counts rise by more than 7 percent over just 12 months \u2014 a blistering pace. Population growth slowed after that. In 2025, only one South Carolina county saw an increase of more than 3.3 percent.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhile New York and California are losing population, states like South Carolina and Alabama are not only gaining residents at a record rate, but they are also experiencing rapid economic growth.<\/p>\n

A recent JL Partners poll captures a shift in perception: 36% of Americans now\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/bmntbgQAYy<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Foundation for Economic Education (@feeonline) April 5, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

According to the Census Bureau, this is a nationwide phenomenon.<\/p>\n

\u201cAmong the 2,066 counties that grew between 2023 and 2024, nearly eight in 10 saw their growth slow or reverse direction in 2025,\u201d the Bureau reported. \u201cIn many cases, counties already in decline saw losses accelerate.\u201d<\/p>\n

The good news this time is that this shift is \u201clargely due to lower levels of net international migration,\u201d probably meaning fewer illegal aliens and migrants coming to the United States.<\/p>\n

And this is, of course, probably the result of President Donald Trump\u2019s draconian immigration agenda, which has included disincentivizing illegal migration by rounding up, detaining, and deporting illegals.<\/p>\n

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Between 2024 and 2025, South Carolina\u2019s population grew faster than the population of every other state in the nation, thanks to an influx of inbound migration. \u201cBetween July 1, 2024, and July 1, 2025, South Carolina\u2019s population grew at a rate of 1.5 percent, faster than any other state in the country, according to the… Continue reading The fastest per-capita inbound migration population growth in US is not Florida or Texas<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":588112,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[20,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-588716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economic-empowerment","category-national-security","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=588716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588716\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/588112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=588716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=588716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=588716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}