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Originally Posted by xzmattzx
Yukon passed Northwest Territories by 3 people!
It's crazy to me how a little state like mine, Delaware, is about the same population as Nova Scotia, although Nova Scotia has always been ahead of Delaware. But in the 1800s, Delaware was about 25-50% more than Prince Edward Island. If Delaware had the same trend as PEI, it would have a population of 200,000 or 225,000. More recently, Delaware had about the same population as New Brunswick in the 1990s: New Brunswick had more people in 1990, but Delaware had more people in 2000.
Delaware should pass Nova Scotia by the 2030 census.
Will Nova Scotia pass Sasksatchewan? When?
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Delaware probably will not pass Nova Scotia by 2030 given the trends. Delaware grew about 3% in about 2-3 years from 2020-22, with much of the growth due to a spurt from Covid. Nova Scotia just grew by over 3% in one year. In fact, Delaware had already passed Nova Scotia by 2020 per Wiki (around 989K for Delaware vs around 969K for NS, but now NS pulled ahead by 2022 at 1.022 million versus 1.018 million for Delaware by mid/late 2022. So Delaware my fall behind as it is growing about 1-1.5% per year but NS may be growing at least 2-3% per year if trends hold. But of course, the growth spurt for Canada and NS holding may be a big IF (given the high housing costs) and Delaware may continue to steadily grow 1% or more since it has a favorable tax rate and weather (and political climate) especially for many Northeast retirees that don't want to move to the south. So Delaware may catch NS again by 2040.