The bad news continues for Oregon and Portland. Populations are actually shrinking city, county, and state-wide.

Multnomah County has had a net lost of nearly 27,000 residents from 2020 to 2023 — a 3.3% drop in population, according to new estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Tidbits:

• 50% of out-migrant households from Portland’s tri-county area went to central Oregon, Washington, Texas and Arizona
• Clark County, Washington (just across the river in Washington State), saw a 3.1% increase in population from 2020 to 2023

https://www.axios.com/local/portland/2024/03/25/multnomah-county-population-decline-continues-census