New York’s population plunged more than any other state in the country over the past year, according to sobering new statistics – as fed-up lawmakers and ex-New Yorkers blame crime and the sky-high cost of living.

Almost 102,000 people fled the Empire State from July 2022 to July 2023, the United States Census Bureau revealed in a Tuesday report.

It was one of eight states to face a net-decline in residents over the period, while red states, including Texas and Florida, saw the largest growth in population.

Retired NYPD Lt. John Macari, who was born in Brooklyn but high-tailed it to the Sunshine State in 2022, said the once-great state of New York just isn’t a good place to raise a family anymore.

“People are getting sick of it. The lawlessness, the protests in transit hubs. Young families no longer see this as a place to raise their children,” Macari, who hosts the podcast “Finest Unfiltered,” told The Post Wednesday.

“Criminals and migrants are being put ahead of everyday New Yorkers. As long as that continues, more people are going to flee.”

Exasperated Republican politicians across the state agreed, pointing the finger at “reckless” progressive policies.

“New York under one party, Democrat rule, is leading the nation and population loss because of reckless policies that have increased cost of living while driving up crime and reducing the quality of life,” Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis, who covers Staten Island and part of Brooklyn, said.

“Hardworking, law-abiding citizens are sick and tired of left-wing politicians putting illegal immigrants and criminals ahead of them. Little by little we are flipping seats Republican as we fight to restore balance and common sense.”

Felony assaults are up 6% over the year, according to the NYPD’s latest crime statistics. Overall major crime in the Big Apple – which includes rape and murder – barely improved, decreasing by just 0.7%.

Upstate New York Rep. Elise Stefanik predicted that the state’s mass exodus is “far from over.”

“With record crime and cost of living far beyond the national average, New York’s mass exodus is far from over,” the House GOP Conference Chairwoman said in a statement.

“If Far Left Democrats in Albany don’t start putting the safety and prosperity of New Yorkers before their extremist agenda, there will be no more residents left to tax and fund their radical, socialist programs.”

The population loss is so concerning that if the Empire State was a business, it would have gone “bankrupt years ago,” NYS Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay seethed.

“But instead of addressing issues like crime and cost-of-living, Democrats just double down on bad policies year after year,” Barclay said in a statement.

“The outmigration numbers a startling, and they serve as a true barometer of how badly Albany is failing everyday New Yorkers.”

When reached for comment, Hochul’s office referred The Post to a statement she made about “migration trends” as part of a Nov. 30 speech at a real estate conference.

“When you study out migration trends, like I do all the time, I’m looking at the states that people are going to,” she said last month. “OK, Florida. A little nicer weather. You got that, but that’s all you’ve got. That’s all you’ve got. But we’ve lost some people to Florida.”

She then mentioned the lack of housing built in New York compared to surrounding states.

“The difference is they built more housing over the last few decades … But you build more housing, OK, more supply, the prices go down, constant with demand. Demand is high, you build less, the prices are going to go up,” Hochul said.

New York’s population tallied approximately 19,571,216 as of July 1, down from roughly 19,673,200 residents just 12 months ago – a decline of 101,984, the Census data shows.

Since 2020 – and the COVID pandemic – the population has shrunk by 631,000 people, the data indicates.

Jan Vink, who works in Cornell’s program of applied demographic, said the lack of new people moving to the Empire State is notable.

“For decades, more people have been leaving New York in greater numbers than arriving. That’s kind of nothing new,” Vink told Newsday.

However, he noted that the number of people packing their suitcases used to be offset by natural increases, which is now also trending downwards.

Empire Center for Public Policy research director Ken Girardin said the best measure of a region’s economic health is if people want to live there.

“New York’s out-migration figures show that people are choosing to live somewhere else,” he told The Post.

After New York, California suffered the biggest population blow with a net-decrease of almost 75,500, according to the Census data.

On the opposite end of the spectrum, Texas and Florida added 473,453 and 365,205 new residents, respectively.

North Carolina, Georgia and South Carolina rounded out the other states that saw the largest increase.

By region, the South saw the largest uptick in population growth while the Northeast was the only area to lose population over the last year, according to the Census report.

New York and Pennsylvania were the only states to lose population in the region over the last year, the agency said.

New Jersey was one of 11 states to see population growth after it dealt with a decrease a year ago. It attracted about 30,000 people — the most of the 11 states to reverse its population trajectory.

Overall, the US grew by 1.6 million over the last year – amounting to a 0.5% increase, the statistics show. While still historically low, it was better than the previous two years.

The total population of the US is 334,914,895, Census officials said.

More states celebrated population growth in 2023 than any year since the start of the pandemic.

“US migration returning to pre-pandemic levels and a drop in deaths are driving the nation’s growth,” Kristie Wilder, a demographer in the Population Division at the Census Bureau, said in a statement when the report was released.

“Although births declined, this was tempered by the near 9% decrease in deaths. Ultimately, fewer deaths paired with rebounding immigration resulted in the nation experiencing its largest population gain since 2018.”