According to census estimates the number of people leaving California for another state outstripped the number moving in from another state during the year ending on July 1, 2008. California lost a net total of 144,000 people during that period — more than any other state. Not to worry; California will not be empty any time soon. Actually, California continues to increase in overall population because of births and immigration, legal and illegal. It is the fourth consecutive year that more residents have left from California for other states than arrived in California from within the United States. *To read the full post, please visit San Diego home sellers