Where do new residents come from in Washington? – kpq

Every year, people move and leave the state of Washington. This is a steady flow. Interesting statistics are that last year, fewer people moved to Washington State from other states in the United States than in previous years. The interesting part of this story is that the number of people moving to Washington from other countries has increased significantly.

According to Seattletimes.com.,
–Much less people moved to Washington from other states last year than the year before the pandemic began, according to data from the new driver’s license. But the number that moved to Washington from other countries has increased. “

In 2019, only about 10,000 driver licenses were issued in Washington. At the same time, people from other countries who received driving licenses number nearly 10,000. Now compare it with last year. Nearly 23,000 driver licenses have been issued to people from other countries.

The biggest reduction in people moving to Washington states from other states includes Virginia, Illinois, Alaska, Oregon, with the biggest difference being found by California. This number dropped by 7095 between 2019 and 2024.

As for people who move to Washington State outside the country, we only have numbers from Canada. The total number of licenses last year, which were issued to Canadians, which moved to Washington State to 2800, which is about 83% since 2019.

We have numbers. For all people outside the country who have received driving licenses in Washington, this is amazing. It reaches about 22,000, which is an increase of approximately 133%.

What we have no answer is why all these people outside the country move to Washington? My best assumption is that it’s for work. Given the large number of opportunities for working with high -tech works it has in Washington, this would be the easy answer.
WA sees a shift where new residents move from | The Seattle Times
WA sees a big change in who moves to the country The Seattle Times