There is one competition where Los Angeles, New York, Chicago and Philadelphia are not beating other major locations in this country. It is in persuading people to stay there.

The Census Bureau this month released its estimates on the populations that each American county had as of July 1, 2023. In a release about this data, it included a table listing the 10 counties that had the largest one-year decline in population as of that date.

Los Angeles County ranked first, as this writer reported for the Daily Caller News Foundation. As of July 1, 2022, it had a population of 9,719,765 people. By July 1, 2023, that had dropped to 9,663,345. This one-year decline of 56,420 was approximately twice the decline that occurred in Kings County, New York, which ranked second.

Kings County, which is the borough of Brooklyn, saw its population drop from 2,589,531 to 2,561,225 -- a decline of 28,306.

Queens County, New York, which is the borough of Queens, ranked third. Its residents dropped from 2,278,558 to 2,252,196 -- a decline of 26,362.

Bronx County, New York, which is the borough of the Bronx, ranked fourth. It dropped from 1,381,808 to 1,356,476 -- a decline of 25,332.

Cook County, Illinois, where Chicago is located, ranked fifth. Its population dropped from 5,111,566 to 5,087,072 -- a decline of 24,494.

Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, which is the city of Philadelphia, ranked sixth. Its population dropped from 1,566,836 to 1,550,542 -- a........

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