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US population center trending toward South this decade

Owen Glick plays pickle ball at Phelps Park, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023, in Winter Park, Fla. Glick was among the 233,000 people who left a Western state for another U.S. state out of the region. The U.S. population center is on track this decade to take a southern swerve for the first time in history, and it's because of people like Glick, who moved from California to Florida more than a year ago. (AP Photo/John Raoux) Owen Glick gets ready to play pickle ball at Phelps Park, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023, in Winter Park, Fla. Glick was among the 233,000 people who left a Western state for another U.S. state out of the region. The U.S. population center is on track this decade to take a southern swerve for the first time in history, and it's because of people like Glick, who moved from California to Florida more than a year ago. (AP Photo/John Raoux) Owen Glick gets ready to play pickle ball at Phelps Park, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023, in Winter Park, Fla. Glick was among the 233,000 people who left a Western state for another U.S. state out of the region. The U.S. population center is on track this decade to take a southern swerve for the first time in history, and it's because of people like Glick, who moved from California to Florida more than a year ago. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
US population center trending toward South this decade