Jonathan Singer: People are still moving to Oregon

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Thursday, December 16, 2004

People are still moving to Oregon

There might not be any jobs but that doesn't seem to be stopping people from moving to the Beaver State in droves. The AP reports:

Oregon's state population grew at a rate of 1.2 percent in 2004, according to new estimates done by the Population Research Center at Portland State University.
According to the center, the state's population grew to 3,582,600 for the year ending July 1, 2004, an increase of 41,100 people from the year ending July 1, 2003.

Growth from 2002 to 2003 was 1.1 percent.

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Central Oregon remains the state's fastest-growing region, researchers said, with Deschutes County growing 17 percent from April 2000 to July 2004.

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Portland's population reached 550,560 the year ending July 1, 2004, an increase of 21,439 people since the 2000 Census.

Oregon is a great place to live and I wholeheartedly endorse it to people considering the move, but there really aren't any jobs in the state right now so I'm not sure what all of these people are doing. I hope they enjoy it anyway.

Posted by: Jonathan Singer / 12:55 PM | Basie! Home