1 in 5 Americans have moved to a new metro area in the last year.
In the last year, 18% of all movers in the United States and Puerto Rico moved to a new metro area, according to the Census Bureau.
This is the first time the US Census Bureau has released statistics for movers between metro area using data from the American Community Survey.
Between 2009 and 2013, migration flow tables used data collected to show how many residents were moving from one country or metro area to another throughout the year. This data is used by government officials, planners, and local businesses to better understand residential turnover in their communities. This data is also necessary to plan for infrastructure increases when new residents are coming full force, or when the opposite occurs and population-boosting programs are necessary.
“Nine of the top 10 metro migration flows were moves to nearby metro areas, with the largest flow of about 90,000 moving from the Los Angeles metro to the Riverside metro area,” says Kin Koerber, a demographer with the Census Bureau’s Journey-to-Work and Migration Statistics Branch. “Movers who left the New York City metro area for the Miami metro area were the exception,” with about 22,000 making the switch.
There are also flow charts with data that show county to county moves as well as country to country.
Florida Realtors compiled some highlights from the Census Bureau’s data:
- Of the 8.5 million people who moved between metropolitan areas:
- 8.4 million moved between metro areas within the United States.
- 63,483 moved from a metro area in Puerto Rico to a metro area in the U.S.
- 24,197 moved from a metro area in the United States to a metro area in Puerto Rico.
- 18,918 moved between metro areas within Puerto Rico.
- Among the largest migration flows between metro areas:
- 90,494 moved from the Los Angeles metro area to the Riverside, Calif., metro area.
- 54,711 moved from the Riverside metro area to the Los Angeles metro area.
- 26,957 moved from the New York metro area to the Philadelphia metro area.
US citizens are on the move!
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