SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS RADIO) – New data from the United States Census Bureau shows that San Francisco suffered a significant decline in population in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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As many companies took their employees remote, cities observed a noticeable drop in population as people moved away from their offices, no longer needing to go in person each day.
According to the data, between July 2020 and July 2021, San Francisco saw a 6.3% decrease, taking the city's population from 870,014 people to 815,20 — one of the largest resident declines in the country.
San Francisco’s loss was almost two times greater than San Mateo County and Daly City, which saw a 3.5% and 3.2% decrease in the first year of the pandemic.
Manhattan, New York City's busiest borough, took the title of the largest population dip, clocking in at a 6.9% loss. An alternative reason for the significant population decrease is the high cost of living in metropolitan areas such as San Francisco and New York.
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