South Carolina Becomes America’s Biggest Crowd Magnet While Vermont Perfects The Art of Disappearing

KEY POINTS

•The US population grew by a modest 0.5% from July 2024 to July 2025, with South Carolina leading at 1.5%.
•Vermont experienced a 0.3% population drop due to more deaths than births and continued outward migration.
•The Midwest saw positive net domestic migration for the first time this decade, signaling a small but notable recovery.

From July 1, 2024, to July 1, 2025, South Carolina said 'Come on in, y'all!' and grew its population by a whopping 1.5%, snagging the crown for fastest-growing state. Meanwhile, Vermont quietly lost 0.3%, likely hiding in its maple syrup caves as more people died than were born, and others abandoned ship faster than tourists fleeing a bear show. The Census Bureau noted most states paced slower population growth than last year, and the Midwest bragged it finally stopped bleeding and started gaining some domestic migrants, calling it a 'notable turnaround.' Meanwhile, net international migration to the US plunged from 2.7 million to 1.3 million, because apparently, the world's trying other countries or just binge-watching 'Where to Move?' documentaries. New York, Hawaii, and Alaska collectively got ghosted, with more people running away than arriving. Demographer Marc Perry cautiously called it a 'modest' but 'notable' glow-up for the heartland.

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South Carolina’s population rose 1.5% like your phone bill if you forgot to pay it. Vermont shrank 0.3% because apparently, maple syrup can't fix everything.

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