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Podcast: Cascade CounterPoint
Episode: QP: Are Taxes Driving People Out of Portland?
Description: Full Text: The Census just released the latest population estimates and, for the first time in nearly two decades, Multnomah County’s population has dropped. From 2020 to 2021, the county’s population decreased by more than 12,000 people, or 1.5%.
Neighboring Washington and Clackamas counties reported almost no change, while Clark County in Washington saw a 1.3% increase in population.
With months of riots shuttering downtown Portland, crime rising, and homeless camps in nearly every neighborhood, it should come as no surprise that people are leaving the county.
But there’s another factor: Taxes. In 2021, three new taxes...