U.S. interstate labor force migration: An analysis of trends, net exchanges, and migration subsystems

David A. Plane; Andrew M. Isserman

doi:10.1016/0038-0121(83)90033-2

U.S. interstate labor force migration: An analysis of trends, net exchanges, and migration subsystems

David A. Plane
, Andrew M. Isserman

Geography, Development and Enviroment, School of

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Abstract

The rich geography and complex temporal trends of U.S. interstate labor force migration are portrayed. The most commonly reported net migration statistics hide multi-faceted patterns of state-to-state exchange. Maps depicting net migration balances show that much population redistribution has been taking place counter to the popularly conceived Frostbelt-to-Sunbelt flow. Significant net migration exchange takes place within each of the major regions of the U.S. as well as between them. Principal component analyses carried out on gross state-to-state flow tables for 1960-1965, 1965-1970, and 1970-1975 suggest the existence of a set of remarkably stable migration subsystems, despite the heralded net migration turnarounds in nonmetropolitan-to-metropolitan and south-to-north patterns of flow.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	251-266
Number of pages	16
Journal	Socio-Economic Planning Sciences
Volume	17
Issue number	5-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0038-0121(83)90033-2
State	Published - 1983

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Geography, Planning and Development
Economics and Econometrics
Strategy and Management
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty
Management Science and Operations Research

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