re: Which state in the US is the best place to live?

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Not very impressive when there were over 8 million births.

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Well there is another side of that equation. According to the last few years the census provides data, (though 2008), birth rates were ~ 14 per 1000 while death rates were ~ 8 per 1000. So California has still grown by about 1.5 million more than would be expected given the birth and death rates.