"Multnomah County lost 12,000-plus people last year
by: Jim Redden/Portland Tribune

Posted: Mar 24, 2022 / 04:12 PM PDT

Updated: Mar 25, 2022 / 07:49 AM PDT

New U.S. Census figures show many large metropolitan areas lost
residents in 2021.

PORTLAND, Ore. (PORTLAND TRIBUNE) — The population of Multnomah County
fell by 12,494 people last year, the largest decline of any county in
the larger Portland region, according to U.S. Census figures released
Thursday, March 24.

Multnomah County’s population declined by 1.5% compared to an overall
0.2% decrease for the seven-county region that includes Clark County in
Washington. Portland is the largest city in Multnomah County.

The decrease happened during a year of unprecedented turmoil, including
job losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, ongoing political protests,
rising gun violence, and increasing housing costs. Recent polls show the
vast majority of voters believe Portland and the surrounding region are
headed in the wrong direction.

The loss seems especially significant because Oregon’s overall
population grew 0.54% during the same period — increasing from 4,243,791
on July 1, 2020, to 4,266,560 one year later.

But the regional loss is far less than a number of other large
metropolitan areas experienced, including San Francisco, which lost 6.3%
of its population in 2021. New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and San
Francisco lost a total of over 700,000 people from July 2020 to July 2021.

Some large metropolitan areas saw population increases, however. The
included Phoenix, Houston, Dallas, Austin and Atlanta, which gained more
than 300,000 residents.

Many smaller metropolitan areas also saw big gains, including Boise,
Idaho, and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

The figures are included in a census report that can be found here.

https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2022/population-estimates-counties-decrease.html

https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/multnomah-county-lost-12000-plus-people-last-year/

Multnomah county is basically the city of Portland. The other 6
counties are the rest of us that make up the Portland metropolitan area.
For most of us who live here a .2% decrease us a tiny bit of good news.

TB

On 7/11/2022 8:39 AM, Technobarbarian wrote:
>
> "Multnomah County lost 12,000-plus people last year
> by: Jim Redden/Portland Tribune
>
> Posted: Mar 24, 2022 / 04:12 PM PDT
>
> Updated: Mar 25, 2022 / 07:49 AM PDT
>
> New U.S. Census figures show many large metropolitan areas lost
> residents in 2021.
>
> PORTLAND, Ore. (PORTLAND TRIBUNE) — The population of Multnomah County
> fell by 12,494 people last year, the largest decline of any county in
> the larger Portland region, according to U.S. Census figures released
> Thursday, March 24.
>
> Multnomah County’s population declined by 1.5% compared to an overall
> 0.2% decrease for the seven-county region that includes Clark County in
> Washington. Portland is the largest city in Multnomah County.
>
> The decrease happened during a year of unprecedented turmoil, including
> job losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, ongoing political protests,
> rising gun violence, and increasing housing costs. Recent polls show the
> vast majority of voters believe Portland and the surrounding region are
> headed in the wrong direction.
>
> The loss seems especially significant because Oregon’s overall
> population grew 0.54% during the same period — increasing from 4,243,791
> on July 1, 2020, to 4,266,560 one year later.
>
> But the regional loss is far less than a number of other large
> metropolitan areas experienced, including San Francisco, which lost 6.3%
> of its population in 2021. New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and San
> Francisco lost a total of over 700,000 people from July 2020 to July 2021.
>
> Some large metropolitan areas saw population increases, however. The
> included Phoenix, Houston, Dallas, Austin and Atlanta, which gained more
> than 300,000 residents.
>
> Many smaller metropolitan areas also saw big gains, including Boise,
> Idaho, and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
>
> The figures are included in a census report that can be found here.
>
> https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2022/population-estimates-counties-decrease.html
>
>
> https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/multnomah-county-lost-12000-plus-people-last-year/
>
>
>      Multnomah county is basically the city of Portland. The other 6
> counties are the rest of us that make up the Portland metropolitan area.
> For most of us who live here a .2% decrease us a tiny bit of good news.
>
> TB

"Over Two-Thirds of the Nation’s Counties Had Natural Decrease in 2021"

"COVID-19 pandemic's impact on births and deaths results in a record
number of counties experiencing natural decrease.

Where Counties are Growing

MARCH 24, 2022 — More than 73% (2,297) of U.S. counties experienced
natural decrease in 2021, up from 45.5% in 2019 and 55.5% in 2020,
according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Vintage 2021 estimates of
population and components of change released today. Natural decrease
occurs when there are more deaths than births in a population over a
given time period. In 2021, fewer births, an aging population and
increased mortality – intensified by the COVID-19 pandemic--contributed
to a rise in natural decrease. The statistics released today include
population estimates and components of change for the nation’s 384
metropolitan statistical areas, 543 micropolitan statistical areas and
3,143 counties.

In 2021, all counties in Delaware, Maine, New Hampshire and Rhode Island
experienced natural decrease. Some counties also experienced population
declines attributable to migration. Counties with net international
migration loss (more people moving out of than into the country), were
most frequently found in California (41.4%), Oregon (27.8%) and
Mississippi (23.2%). States with the highest percentages of counties
with net domestic migration loss (people moving from one area to another
within the United States) were Alaska (80.0%), Louisiana (71.9%) and
Illinois (65.7%).

Most of the nation’s counties – 2,063 or 65.6% -- experienced positive
domestic migration overall from 2020 to 2021. Arizona’s Maricopa County
gained the most (46,866) residents from domestic migration, followed by
Riverside County, California (31,251), and Collin County, Texas
(30,191). Los Angeles County, California, experienced the greatest net
domestic migration loss (179,757 residents), followed by New York
County, New York (113,642).

“The patterns we’ve observed in domestic migration shifted in 2021,”
said Dr. Christine Hartley, assistant division chief for estimates and
projections in the Census Bureau’s Population Division. “Even though
over time we’ve seen a higher number of counties with natural decrease
and net international migration continuing to decline, in the past year,
the contribution of domestic migration counteracted these trends so
there were actually more counties growing than losing population.”
In many cases, there was a shift from larger, more populous counties to
medium and smaller ones. These patterns contributed to population
increases in 1,822 counties (58.0%), while 1,313 (41.8%) lost residents,
and eight (0.3%) saw no change in population."

Most of our "27.8%" of counties that lost population would be the 7
around Portland that lost 0.2% if their population. Off hand I don't
know who the other 2 counties out of 32 would be.

TB