Still, California's population of just under 39.5 million and soon-to-be 52-member congressional delegation remain by far the largest. But the Newsom administration says California's population decline is an outlier, blaming it on the coronavirus pandemic that turned everything upside down in 2020. Population estimates released last week by the U.S. Census Bureau showed paltry growth in California. But those numbers showed California's population as of April 2020. The numbers the state released Friday reflect California's population as of January 2021.

Source: ABC News May 07, 2021 17:40 UTC