Domestic Net Migration in the U. S.

Book excerpt: Migration is playing a larger role in population redistribution within the U.S. With birth & death rates currently low & largely similar across the country, natural increase (the excess of births over deaths) exerts less influence than it used to in explaining why some regions, states, or counties have faster population growth than others. This report describes recent patterns of population redistribution reflected in the domestic net migration component of population estimates data. Analysis focuses on net migration for a number of different kinds of geographic areas, including regions, divisions, states, metropolitan & micropolitan statistical areas, & counties. Charts & tables.