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Net Idaho In-Migration Tumbles

Bob Fick of the Idaho Department of Labor tells Jamie Gray/KTVB that Idaho experienced the smallest in-migration (people moving into Idaho) in decades. Also, the state is gaining 60-somethings while losing 20-somethings:

"We have an influx greater than it has been in the past of older people," Fick said. "People who are at the end of their working lives or retired. Compounding that, which is something we haven't had in the past, is this exodus of younger workers." In the last decade, 2012 stands out with huge drop in workers in their 20s and a new rise in those above 60-years-old. That new trend, which is expected by many to continue, is what some experts have named the Silver Tsunami. Fick says they're already seeing that trend causing a shift in jobs and pay/Jamie Gray, KTVB. More here.

Question: Why are older people near the end of their careers moving into Idaho, while 20-somethings are moving out of the state?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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