Monday, March 25, 2013

Did your county gain or lose people in last 2 years?

Using Medicare payments and tax returns, the Census Bureau keeps track of domestic migration, the relocations of people already living in the United States. From 2010 to 2012, they continued to migrate to cities and suburbs, though "Counties near fast-growing cities, in popular retirement areas and in oil and gas development areas saw an increase," Bill Bishop reports for the Daily Yonder.

"Two-thirds of all rural and exurban counties lost population due to domestic migration," Bishop writes, reminding us that rural counties are those outside metropolitan areas and exurban ones are in metro areas "but have about half their population living in rural settings." He offers a link to an interactive map where you can see data on each county. Here's a non-interactive version; the yellow counties gained and the magenta ones lost:

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