Some of these include health care, unemployment, education, and poverty. As previously noted, millions of families migrated elsewhere, some even to the neighboring city or county (Worster). Those who decided to emigrate to or from California, whether for work or to pan for gold, were soon nicknamed “Okies.” So many people left their homes that the number of people who emigrated exceeded the number of jobs actually available. While all this is happening, the Great Depression is in play and these migrants have begun to increase the rate of migration.