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More Americans Staying Put | |||
Moving Rates Lowest in 50+ Years, |
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Americans
are moving at some of the lowest rates in more than 50 years, but long-distance
moves are becoming slightly more common, the U.S. Census Bureau reported
today. In 2003, however, 19 percent of all moves were to a different state, up from 16 percent in 1994. Among people who changed residence between 2002 and 2003, most (51 percent) moved for housing-related reasons, then family reasons (26 percent) and work-related reasons (16 percent). (See Table 1 [Excel].) Other report highlights:
The estimates are from the
Annual Social and Economic Supplement to the 2003 Current Population Survey
and are subject to sampling and nonsampling error.
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