In July 1936 , Vernon Evans (center)and his family left their grasshopper-ridden and drought-stricken home in Lemmon, South Dakota, for a new start in Oregon or Washington. The family is shown here near Missoula, Mont., where they were stopped by the photographer, who worked for the Resettlement Administration. Evans said in the interview, which is recorded at livinghistoryfarm.org, that he made about 200 miles a day in his Model T Ford and they slept in a tent. The family hoped to get to Yakima, Wash., in time to pick hops. They eventually made it to Oregon, where Evans took a job with the railroad. Photo by Arthur Rothstein, archived at the Library of Congress.
Eric Sandberg of the Alaska Dept. of Labor and Workforce Development discusses Alaska’s 10+ year streak of net migration in comparison to losses among the rest of the country. Sandberg explores which states have been through similar periods of net migration losses and why, and how long they lasted.
The March edition also provides the monthly report Gauging the Economy.
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Trends is a nonpartisan, data-driven magazine that covers a variety of economic topics in Alaska.
Source: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Research & Analysis
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