Twenty-Somethings Move the Most
Many of the events that cause a person to move happen during early adulthood. Between 1998 and 1999, close to a third of Americans ages 20 to 29 ("Generation X" or "Gen X") moved to a different residence. (AmeriStat, October 2000)

African Americans Return to the South
In the first half of the 20th century, declining job prospects and a hostile racial climate compelled African Americans to exit the South. During the last decades of the century, the flow of African Americans reversed. (AmeriStat, October 2000)

Baby-Boomer Retirees Changing the U.S. Landscape
Americans ages 65 and older are far less likely to move than their working-age counterparts. Still, those who do move tend to converge on a small number of "retirement magnets." (AmeriStat, October 2000)

There's No Place Like Home
The romantic image of a footloose nation of wanderers, willing to pack up and move across the country to their "dream location" is far from reality in the United States. (AmeriStat, October 2000)

Reverse Flow From the U.S. Frost Belt and the West Coast
While recent immigrants continue to cluster heavily in a few metropolitan areas and regions, domestic migrants are heading in other directions. Many Americans are moving away from the older, congested metropolitan areas to less crowded parts of the country. (AmeriStat, October 2000)

U.S. Immigrant Magnets
Since 1990, the number of new immigrants arriving in the United States has approached 1 million per year, but these new residents do not settle evenly across the country. During the 1990s, over 65 percent of all immigrants settled in just 10 of the nation's metropolitan areas. (AmeriStat, October 2000)

The New, Regional U.S. Politics
Two powerful players in this November's presidential contest are immigration and migration. They have cemented demographic divides that are sure to influence voting behavior. (Population Today, October 2000)

Education Influences Distance Moved in the U.S.
In the United States, people who move long distances tend to be better educated than those who stay put or move locally. (AmeriStat, October 2000)

Immigration is Red-Hot Issue in Australia
Tired of the boatloads of asylum-seekers from countries like Iraq and Afghanistan, Australia is cracking down on illegal immigrants and making it more difficult for them to apply for refugee status. At the same time, the government intends to boost its intake of legal migrants next year as the country increasingly tries to woo skilled workers. (June 2000)

America's Diversity and Growth: Signposts for the 21st Century (PDF: 503KB)

 This Population Bulletin discusses many of the "signposts" of the U.S. population, including robust population growth, increasing life expectancy, continued immigration, changes in the family, increased education levels, and population growth outside urban areas. (BUL55.2, June 2000)