{"id":17262,"date":"2013-05-08T12:30:49","date_gmt":"2013-05-08T18:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/?p=17262"},"modified":"2013-05-08T12:37:09","modified_gmt":"2013-05-08T18:37:09","slug":"bottom-rung-migration-by-the-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/2013\/05\/08\/bottom-rung-migration-by-the-numbers\/","title":{"rendered":"Bottom Rung: Migration By The Numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"

The latest driver’s license data suggests more 20-somethings are leaving Idaho than ever before. The net loss of Idahoans aged 21-30 last year was 149. The data show 11,530 young people moved to Idaho from other states in 2012, while 11,679 left.<\/p>\n

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Source: Idaho Department of Labor | Idaho Department of Transportation<\/p>\n

The Idaho Department of Labor is keeping an eye on this unsettling trend; young people are leaving the state<\/a> in search of higher-paying jobs while retirees from out-of-state are moving in faster than ever.<\/p>\n

The shift will have a “profound impact” on Idaho’s economy and workforce<\/a> says Idaho Department of Labor researcher Bob Uhlenkott.<\/p>\n

We’ve mapped migration patterns twice, once in May 2012 with IRS data<\/a>, and again last month using driver’s license data<\/a>. It’s the driver’s license data Uhlenkott likes to use because it’s more current. It doesn’t lag behind several years the way Census or IRS data does.<\/p>\n

Here’s a look at the top 10 states where young Idahoans moved:<\/p>\n

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The driver’s license data among people 51 and older show a net gain for Idaho. There are now 5,638 more people in this age group living in Idaho.<\/p>\n

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Source: Idaho Department of Labor | Idaho Department of Transportation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The latest driver’s license data suggests more 20-somethings are leaving Idaho than ever before. The net loss of Idahoans aged 21-30 last year was 149. The data show 11,530 young people moved to Idaho from other states in 2012, while 11,679 left. Source: Idaho Department of Labor | Idaho Department of Transportation The Idaho Department […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":17273,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[230,164,143],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17262"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}