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I guess what I meant to say was I wish it had a population breakdown (as in total percentages, not percent changes) to see how it has impacted Portland's demographics. As you say, Portland is very white, and I was curious to see how this has changed (without doing math or much digging because I was on mobile yesterday). I was also thinking it would be interesting to compare PDX to the broader U.S. population to see if Portland is uniquely experiencing rapid growth in (e.g.) Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander community, or if that's a broader trend in the US.
As luck would have it, I'm not on mobile today, so I found the 2nd info from Axios (conveniently formatted in the same way: https://www.axios.com/2023/06/29/fastest-growing-demographics
Comparing PDX to the US at large, it looks like there was a significant influx of Hispanic and Native Hawaiian & other Pacific Islander people, and a bigger growth in Asian and Black groups vs. the US at large as well. I really wonder what Portland's demographics will look like in 10 years, and if it'll be meaningfully less white (it seems so). I'm not sure what's driving the huge growth in Native Hawaiian & other Pacific Islander populations (I'm ignorant there) and would be curious to understand that.
There's actually a fascinating history of native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders in the Pacific NW in general... it all started with workers for the Hudson's Bay Company:
https://pacificislandparks.wordpress.com/2012/02/14/hawaiians-and-the-hudsons-bay-company/
https://www.nps.gov/places/hudson-s-bay-company.htm
Thanks for sharing this!