American (Internal) Migration Reaches Record Low

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http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/15/american-migration-reaches-record-low/

The share of Americans who move their homes in a year has reached a record low, the Census Bureau reported today.

From spring 2010 to spring 2011, just 11.6 percent of the people moved residences, the lowest rate since the government began keeping track of migration in 1948. The difference between that rate and the 2009 rate of 12.5 percent was not statistically significant, but it was a far cry from its heights in the mid-20th century. From 1951-52, for example, 20.3 percent of Americans moved.

Many Americans have stayed put for their whole lives, regardless of economic ups and downs. As of 2010, 59 percent of Americans lived in the state where they were born. The state with the highest percentage of residents who were born there is Louisiana, at 78.8 percent, followed by Michigan (76.6 percent), Ohio (75.1 percent) and Pennsylvania (74 percent).

Nevada, by contrast, had the most outsiders, with less than a quarter (24.3 percent) of its residents born in the Silver State.

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1. Yay Louisiana!

I moved to New Orleans 24 years ago and I love my neighborhood, my city, and Louisiana in general. Yeah, I know, it's a Red State...I don't understand that...but it's a beautiful place, the people are good. Maybe that's why nobody moves away. Consider, also, that there's been the forced evacuation of so many natives because of Katrina and previous hurricanes, and it makes the statistics even more powerful. I can understand that New Orleans may not be for everyone, but I absolutely love it here.