Paul Overberg

Washington, D.C.

Data Reporter at The Wall Street Journal

Expat Jersey guy, Rutgers grad, father of twins, news data hunter-gatherer-farmer-chef-server, especially demographics. Long @USATODAY, now @WSJ

Articles

Immigration Is the Only Thing Propping Up California’s Population

1 week ago | wsj.com | Jim Carlton |Paul Overberg

A job market without enough ‘homegrown’ engineers drives an influx of workers to the U.S.—and helps offset the residents who are leavingMENLO PARK, Calif.—One of California’s newest residents recently stepped off a plane after a 16-hour flight from New Delhi. He was at work within two hours. “We paid a lot of money to get him here so we want our return on investment,” quipped Darren Kimura, CEO of a Silicon Valley startup called AI Squared.
Immigration Is the Only Thing Propping Up California’s Population

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Jim Carlton |Paul Overberg

1 hour agoWe spend a lot of time here reporting on results from the San Francisco Spirits Competition. It might seem excessive, but it’s for good reason: this is unequivocally one of the most influential annual judgings in the booze industry. Brands no less significant than Tito’s Vodka, Don Julio tequila, …
How the Highest-Earning Millennials Made It to the Top of Their Generation

1 month ago | wsj.com | Joe Pinsker |Paul Overberg |Stephanie Stamm

Millennials who become top earners are taking strikingly similar paths to get there. They are often working in a small number of lucrative fields in a small number of superstar cities after attending a small number of top-tier universities.
Medicaid Insures Millions of Americans. How the Health Program Works, in Charts.

2 months ago | wsj.com | Anna Wilde Mathews |Paul Overberg |Elizaveta Galkina

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Medicaid Insures Millions of Americans. How the Health Program Works, in Charts.

2 months ago | flipboard.com | Anna Wilde Mathews |Paul Overberg |Elizaveta Galkina

2 hours agoThe Real Story Behind Colorado’s ‘Distorted’ Portrait of TrumpTrump said that “many people” from Colorado have complained about the portrait to him: “In fact, they are actually angry about it!” He added that he’s contacted Colorado’s Democratic Gov.
Aux Etats-Unis, les grandes métropoles se repeuplent grâce à l’immigration

2 months ago | lopinion.fr | Paul Overberg |Konrad Putzier |Max Rust

The Wall Street Journal Si un afflux d’immigrés a compensé les pertes dues à la Covid, l’effet ne pourrait être que passager Publié le 14 mars 2025 à 13:16 Paul Overberg, Konrad Putzier et Max Rust Qui l’eût cru, les plus grandes métropoles américaines ne sont pas du tout en train de se dépeupler — en tout cas, pas pour l’instant.
Immigration Ends Population Decline in Big City Metro Areas, New U.S. Census Data Shows

2 months ago | wsj.com | Paul Overberg |Konrad Putzier |Max Rust

March 13, 2025 5:00 am ETIt turns out, America’s biggest metro areas aren’t shrinking—at least for now. New Census Bureau estimates released Thursday show that the New York and Chicago metro areas grew in each of the past two years ended in June. The Los Angeles area expanded in the 12 months ended in June. These regions are all still smaller than before the Covid-19 pandemic, but not by as much as previously thought. Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
DOGE Is Searching for Wasteful Spending. It Isn’t Hard to Find.

Feb 20, 2025 | msn.com | Paul Overberg |Nate Rattner |Scott Patterson

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DOGE Is Searching for Wasteful Spending. It’s Not Hard to Find.

Feb 19, 2025 | wsj.com | Paul Overberg |Nate Rattner |Scott Patterson

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DOGE Is Searching for Wasteful Spending. It’s Not Hard to Find.

Feb 19, 2025 | wsj.com | Paul Overberg |Nate Rattner |Scott Patterson

Here’s what we know:In the most recent fiscal year, which ended in September 2024, the agencies that reported their improper payments identified $149 billion in such outlays, or 3.7% of payments that totaled $4.1 trillion. The reports cover a large chunk of total government spending, which the Congressional Budget Office put at $6.75 trillion last fiscal year. Last year, more than 90% of improper payments were overpayments.