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Young,
Single College Grads Still Mobile and Urban, Census Bureau Reports |
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Young, single, college-educated
people are moving to large metropolitan areas, often to central cities —
a trend that defies the general population’s outward migration, according
to a report based on Census 2000 data released by the U.S. Census Bureau
today.
The New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and Washington-Baltimore metro areas remained popular magnets for young singles who had graduated from college, despite these areas’ overall net out-migration rates. Of the 20 largest metropolitan areas, San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose had the highest net migration gain of nearly 50,000 single college graduates in the 25- to 39-year-old range. Many favored other metropolitan destinations, including Las Vegas, Atlanta and Charlotte, N.C. (See Table 1.) The report, Migration
of the Young, Single and College Educated: 1995 to 2000 [PDF], said three-fourths of these people changed residence during that period. Of those who lived in central cities in 2000, a ratio of 8-in-10 said they
moved during the previous five years.
The data are based on responses from the sample of households that received the census long form, about 1-in-6 nationally, and are subject to sampling and nonsampling error. The report, as well as previously published migration reports, are available on the Internet at <http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/migration.html>. -X- Table 1. Net Domestic Migration of the Young, Single and College Educated for the 20 Largest Metropolitan Areas: 1995 to 2000 — Ranked by Numerical Gain (Data based on a sample. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/doc/sf3.pdf)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 1The net migration rate is based on an approximated 1995 population, which is the sum of people who reported living in the area in both 1995 and 2000, and those who reported living in that area in 1995 but lived elsewhere in 2000. The net migration rate is the 1995-to-2000 net migration, divided by the approximated 1995 population and multiplied by 1000. Note: A negative value for net migration or the net migration rate is indicative of net outmigration, meaning that more migrants left an area than entered it, between 1995 and 2000. Positive values reflect net inmigration to an area. |