NYC thinks Census Bureau estimates missed tens of thousands of asylum seekers
abcnews.go.comThree New York City boroughs have lost almost 80,000 residents from people moving away last year
Three New York City boroughs lost almost 80,000 residents from people moving away last year, according to population estimates released Thursday, but city officials think those numbers are a vast undercount that doesn't capture the influx of asylum seekers who came to the city.
The city rented out entire hotels to house some of the tens of thousands of migrants who came to New York City last year and also put cots in schools and temporarily housed people in tents, a cruise ship terminal and a former police academy building.
As many as 50,000 people were overlooked in the city’s shelters, according to city officials, who plan to challenge the 2023 population estimates with the U.S. Census Bureau.
“We wanted to flag it,” said Casey Berkovitz, press secretary for New York’s Department of City Planning. “Once you account for this underestimate… the year marked a return to prepandemic levels.”
The three counties representing the boroughs of Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx in New York City lost 28,300 people, 26,300 people and 25,300 people respectively last year, according to the estimates. Even though births outpaced deaths and people from abroad moved into these counties, these factors couldn't overcome an outflow of residents, though it was substantially smaller than in 2022.
Only Los Angeles County had a larger population loss last year — 56,000 fewer residents in 2023, the largest decline in the U.S.
In the most popular destinations for immigrants — counties in South Florida and counties that are home to Houston, Los Angeles, Chicago and San Jose — international migration grew by double digits year-over-year.
The estimates
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