The Vanishing Children: Inside America’s Urban Demographic Collapse

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New data shows a jaw-dropping exodus of young children from America’s major blue-state cities—San Francisco down 38%, Los Angeles down 36%, and similar losses across New York, Chicago, Portland, and Philadelphia. Meanwhile, Sunbelt and red-state metros explode with growth. This is more than migration… it’s a demographic alarm bell. We examine why families are leaving, which regions are thriving, and what happens to a city when its children disappear.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (00:16):
This, my friends, is a what we call a demographic nightmare.
These numbers are shocking. This is basic. I'm going to
talk about the change in population. We talk about the
change in population, people moving from red states to blue states,
what cities are popular, what cities are not popular. But
also we got to take a look at the ages

(00:38):
of the people moving and the population. Fascinating, fascinating. Here
you're taking a look at I'm going to give you
the worst ones. Okay, under five years old. San Francisco
lost thirty eight percent thirty eight percent of its five

(01:00):
year olds and under. This is going back to two
thousand and five to twenty twenty five. They had back
in two thousand and five, three hundred and seventy three thousand,
nine hundred and twenty one kids five years old and
younger now one hundred and forty two thousand, one hundred.

Speaker 3 (01:20):
Second on that list. No good list. Los Angeles down
thirty six percent they had.

Speaker 2 (01:29):
Oh wow, I mean eight hundred eighty eight thousand, seven
hundred and forty five down to five hundred and sixty
eight thousand, And it's the usual suspects. New York, Boston, Chicago, Portland, Philadelphia, Detroit, Maryland,
San Diego. I'm all the ones at the bottom of

(01:50):
the list. They're all in blue states, all in blue states,
and they're losing their children. Well, you take a look
at the difference here the real winners here. Austin, Texas
back in two thousand and five had ninety three thousand,
eight hundred and forty six kids five years old and under.
They're now one hundred and eighty five, nine hundred and

(02:12):
eighteen ninety eight percent.

Speaker 3 (02:15):
To the upside. Orlando came in second rally.

Speaker 2 (02:19):
North Carolina came third, Charlotte, North Carolina, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, Texas, Atlanta, Phoenix, Tampa.

Speaker 3 (02:27):
Where I live, Nashville, San Antonio. Listen, I see it
in my very eyes. It's kind of interesting here.

Speaker 2 (02:37):
I make fun of myself and the fact that I
date myself in decades, but.

Speaker 3 (02:42):
My wife and I are the old people in the neighborhood.

Speaker 2 (02:45):
Yeah, we live in the city of Tampa, and Tampa's
got its unique little communities and neighborhoods here, and.

Speaker 3 (02:52):
I love it.

Speaker 2 (02:54):
I go outside, there's kids runn around every there with football,
street hockey, elementary's school, kids on bikes.

Speaker 3 (03:01):
Running around everywhere. Hollywood, It's gone nuts here. Listen. It
makes for me at least.

Speaker 2 (03:11):
I can't imagine living in a place without having children
and hearing the noises. I gotta open up my window,
open on my window here in my home office, and
I can listen to the kids playing at the elementary school.

Speaker 3 (03:25):
Again.

Speaker 2 (03:25):
That brings life. Children bring life, their God's blessing. To
see this type of decline in kids in these states
as a demographic nightmare. Watchdog on Wall Street dot com