skinnycatullus: Heh, there are some counties in WV and KY that have no net movement outside of the few surrounding counties.

My wife's family is from one of those counties in southwest VA. She's one of the very few people from her high school that managed to get the escape velocity needed to move far away.

Fascinating. Any map of migration in and out of the US?

Map is legit. It's interesting to click on the counties with Army bases, like Pulaski County, MO, Pierce County, WA; El Paso County CO; Richmond County, GA, just to name a few.

One thing that depressed me was the income levels in counties with large cities.
Most single income levels were under $30K.

I noticed in the county I live in there was an increase in population until 2009 when things stabled off and those leaving and coming were about equal. The housing collapse has all but stopped the developers for now.

Geez, Detroit (Wayne Co, near the base of the "thumb"). Why did I even look.

Pretty cool, subby.

I've been clicking around for a while now, and every major city I've clicked on has had a LOT more inbound than outbound.

You can't explain that.

People are moving TO Spokane? What kind of sick person does that?

STAY AWAY! RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!

nukeim: I've been clicking around for a while now, and every major city I've clicked on has had a LOT more inbound than outbound.

You can't explain that.


Los Angeles County has a greater 'outbound' value for all five years.

/just sayin'

nukeim: I've been clicking around for a while now, and every major city I've clicked on has had a LOT more inbound than outbound.

You can't explain that.

That makes sense for major cities.. people tend to move into metropolitan areas. Kinda been happenin for the past century or so..

Cuchulane: What's up with all the activity in San Bernardino County (San Bernardino), Calif?

It's 909'ers country.

You can't explain that.

droosan: nukeim: I've been clicking around for a while now, and every major city I've clicked on has had a LOT more inbound than outbound.

You can't explain that.


Los Angeles County has a greater 'outbound' value for all five years.

/just sayin'

The map doesn't seem to account for non-U.S. immigration. But yeah, please leave, there's too many people here.

Duuuuuuuude, King CO., Washington is like this gigantic blue-hole of lines...

nukeim: I've been clicking around for a while now, and every major city I've clicked on has had a LOT more inbound than outbound.

You can't explain that.

Try Philadelphia.

How do they know all this? It's the goddamn cell phones isn't it? They're tracking us VIA OUR FARKING CELLPHONES!1

YixilTesiphon: nukeim: I've been clicking around for a while now, and every major city I've clicked on has had a LOT more inbound than outbound.

You can't explain that.

Try Philadelphia.

Try Cleveland.

I knew we had net growth. I was unfortunate enough to be in staffing and got to deal with the masses who moved here convinced the job market was just excellent here.

It wasn't.

Petit_Merdeux: Seems like a lot of the counties I clicked on showed increases in population, but had larger outflows vs inflows.

Birth rates, I assume.

19,500 moved to my county :(

SharkTrager: I knew we had net growth. I was unfortunate enough to be in staffing and got to deal with the masses who moved here convinced the job market was just excellent here.

It wasn't.

Raleigh?

Hmmm, More outbound than inbound for Montgomery Co. MD until 2009 (with the administration change). Can't wait for the conservative outrage about "fat cat government bums" on that one.

More likely: outrageous housing prices drove many young people and families out, now some are moving in as the prices are settling (still high, but not mind-boggling anymore in the outer suburbs).

Petit_Merdeux: Seems like a lot of the counties I clicked on showed increases in population, but had larger outflows vs inflows. Miami Dade, in particular, showed a 5% increase in population with an outflow of almost double the inflow over 5 years.

Doctor Jan Itor: The map doesn't seem to account for non-U.S. immigration.

Miami is like LA in this regard. Don't really need to say why

In a shocking turn of events, (white) people in Gwinnett county are moving north and east of the county (up 85, farther from Atlanta). At the same time, there is a heavy pattern of movement TO the county from southern California and Florida.

Oddly enough, there is a high pocket of movement from Gwinnett county to south east Texas.

Stop coming to Texas damnit. Stay where you are. Don't come here. It sucks here. You love the rust belt, remember? There's no jobs here. Rick Perry will eat your children.

Allegheny County: Inbound more than outbound. Either the propaganda is working or else it's Mexicans.

oryx: Allegheny County: Inbound more than outbound. Either the propaganda is working or else it's Mexicans.

I think it's largely the propaganda. But the propaganda isn't unfounded- Pittsburgh is a really nice town.

My area has a greater percentage of incoming vs outgoing. The problem is the majority of immigrants are poor; one county had a per capita income of -100. On the other side, the people leaving the area are mostly young college grads that actually might have a future. This is a know problem here in Wisconsin. We have great colleges, but the graduates don't stay here. We also have great welfare benefits, so we have a larger number of people moving into the area that need benefits. It's an unsustainable trend, but the best study to date that pointed out this problem was attacked as "racist". The study, and the study members were picked by Governor Doyle (D). They didn't mention race, but just just looked at the economics of a situation when taxpayers were leaving, and new residents demanding services were moving in.

adenosine: People are moving TO Spokane? What kind of sick person does that?

STAY AWAY! RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!

...and people are consistently leaving King County. Kinda makes a mess of the stereotype don't it?

I see a lot of the effects of real estate bubble. A lot of urban property was overvalued, and with no job growth during the bubble a lot of people moved out of the cities. Some moved to get away from inflation, others because they couldn't afford to live there anymore.That gap has narrowed significantly or reversed in the last year. Exceptions are areas where regional issues overwhelm national ones, such as SoCal and Detroit.

P.S. Egads why the fark did they have to make it red vs. blue. As if the media hasn't raped that color scheme enough.