"People are moving to Oregon again, surrendered driver’s licenses suggest

By MIKE ROGOWAY The Oregonian Sep 12, 2022 Updated Sep 12, 2022 1

The Californians are coming!

Again.

Migration into Oregon from other states plunged in 2020 as people
hunkered down to ride out the pandemic. That was a widespread
phenomenon, but it worried Oregon economists because the state relies on migrants to drive economic growth and for an infusion of professional
skills.

The need for continued in-migration is especially acute because deaths
in Oregon now outnumber births. So future population growth will have to
come from outside the state.

As the pandemic recedes, there are signs that people once more are
moving to Oregon — and in numbers even greater than before the pandemic.
The number of people surrendering out-of-state driver’s licenses
averaged 9,600 a month over the past year, according to state data, up
35% compared to the year before COVID-19.

“It looks like the inflows have rebounded nicely,” said Josh Lehner with the Oregon Office of Economic Analysis.

Not everyone who moves to Oregon gets a driver’s license, of course, but those who do serve as a good proxy for larger migration patterns.
Californians represent a third of all the arrivals in the data, by far
the greatest share. (Washington is No. 2, at 20%.)"
[snip]

https://www.bendbulletin.com/business/people-are-moving-to-oregon-again-surrendered-driver-s-licenses-suggest/article_424cc56c-32d2-11ed-b2b7-97d7285bc756.html

TB

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On 9/15/2022 7:09 PM, Technobarbarian wrote:

"People are moving to Oregon again, surrendered driver’s licenses suggest

By MIKE ROGOWAY The Oregonian Sep 12, 2022 Updated Sep 12, 2022  1

The Californians are coming!

Again.

Migration into Oregon from other states plunged in 2020 as people
hunkered down to ride out the pandemic. That was a widespread
phenomenon, but it worried Oregon economists because the state relies on migrants to drive economic growth and for an infusion of professional
skills.

The need for continued in-migration is especially acute because deaths
in Oregon now outnumber births. So future population growth will have to
come from outside the state.

As the pandemic recedes, there are signs that people once more are
moving to Oregon — and in numbers even greater than before the pandemic. The number of people surrendering out-of-state driver’s licenses
averaged 9,600 a month over the past year, according to state data, up
35% compared to the year before COVID-19.

“It looks like the inflows have rebounded nicely,” said Josh Lehner with the Oregon Office of Economic Analysis.

Not everyone who moves to Oregon gets a driver’s license, of course, but those who do serve as a good proxy for larger migration patterns. Californians represent a third of all the arrivals in the data, by far
the greatest share. (Washington is No. 2, at 20%.)"
[snip]

https://www.bendbulletin.com/business/people-are-moving-to-oregon-again-surrendered-driver-s-licenses-suggest/article_424cc56c-32d2-11ed-b2b7-97d7285bc756.html

TB

As long as they don't come to Texas, you can have them all. Hey, I just
had another of my brilliantly insightful ideas. We should ship to Oregon
any registered democrats who do come to Texas... if we have any buses
left.
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