Tag: Migration
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Hispanic growth extends eastward
USA Today: Hispanic growth extends eastward Rapidly growing numbers of Hispanics are fanning out across the eastern half of the USA and settling in rural and suburban counties far from traditional immigrant strongholds, according to Census numbers released Thursday. The increases in areas that experienced little diversity until this decade intensify the uproar over immigration.…
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More blacks going for suburbs, fast-growing locations
USA Today: More blacks going for suburbs, fast-growing locations African-Americans are moving to the South in large numbers and trading some northern cities for their suburbs. Those are among the population trends highlighted by demographic data released today by the Census Bureau. Among counties with more than 100,000 residents, those that gained the greatest number…
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The Realignment of America
Wall Street Journal: The Realignment of America by Michael Barone (A lengthy but interesting article on demographic shifts.) The native-born are leaving "hip" cities for the heartland. In 1950, when I was in kindergarten in Detroit, the city had a population of (rounded off) 1,850,000. Today the latest census estimate for Detroit is 886,000, less…
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Americans Head West, Southeast; Say ‘Goodbye’ to Central Northeast Region
United Van Lines: Americans Head West, Southeast; Say 'Goodbye' to Central Northeast Region A strong mobility pattern continued in 2006 as many Americans packed up their belongings and headed to the West and Southeast parts of the country, while the Central Northeast region of the country experienced an increase in residents departing. The statistics are…
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Census: Americans Are Fleeing Big Cities
Census: Americans Are Fleeing Big Cities reports US migration trends between 2000-2004. You can click here if you want the full Census report in pdf.