U.S. Census Bureau 1

U.S. Department of Commerce

Economics and Statistics Administration

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU

Issued January 2000

P20-520

Geographical Mobility

Population Characteristics

By Carol S. Faber

U S C E N S U S B U R E A U

Helping You Make Informed Decisions

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Population

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Geographical mobility has long been a

prominent feature of American life. This

report highlights some of the important

changes that have occurred in recent years,

including changes in the volume and rates

of movement, changes in the types of

movement, differences in the characteristics of movers compared with nonmovers,

and changes in how the population is

distributed. These changes are important

to federal, state, and local governments as

they plan for needed services and facilities

such as schools and hospitals. These data

are also used by private industry as they

expand and locate businesses and other

services.

About 43 million Americans moved.

Between March 1997 and March 1998,

42.5 million Americans moved. Most of

them, 27.1 million, moved from one

residence to another within the same

county; another 7.9 million moved between

counties within the same state; and 6.4

million changed states. Additionally, during

that 1-year period, about 1.2 million people

moved to the United States from abroad.

Moving rate has never been lower

since the series began.

Despite the large number of moves that

occurred between March 1997 and March

1998, the percentage of Americans who

moved was only 16.0 percent—a small but

significant decline from the rate for the

previous 1-year period (16.5 percent).

Table A shows the annual mobility rates for

the past 7 years. While recent moving

rates have changed only moderately from

one year to the next and have not been

significant in some years, the overall drop

since the 1950s and 1960s has been about

4 percentage points.

Most moves are local.

Most movers stay in the same county. In

fact, nearly two-thirds (63.7 percent) of

the movers between March 1997 and

March 1998 made this type of local move.

Moves that cross state lines or cross county

All respondents in the March 1998 CPS

sample were asked whether they lived at

the same residence one year earlier.

Nonmovers were living in the same home

at both dates. Movers were asked for the

location of their previous residence. When

the current and previous residences are

compared, movers can be categorized by

whether they were living in the same or

different county, state, and region, or were

movers from abroad. They can also be

categorized by whether they moved within

or between metropolitan areas inside

central cities, outside central cities, and

nonmetropolitan areas of the United States.

March 1997

to

March 1998

From a different

county, same state

From abroad

Within the

same county

From a 

different state

Figure 1.

Percentage of Movers by Type of Move: 1998

63.7%

18.5%

15.0%

2.8%
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Table A.

Annual Geographical Mobility by Type of Move: 1991 to 1998

[Numbers in thousands]

Mobility period Total,

age 1

and older

Same

residence

(nonmovers)Total

movers

Different residence in the United States

Movers

from

Total abroad

Same

county

Different county

Total

Same

state

Different

state

Number

1997-98 ..................... 265,209 222,702 42,507 41,304 27,082 14,222 7,867 6,355 1,203

1996-97 ..................... 262,976 219,585 43,391 42,088 27,740 14,348 7,960 6,389 1,303

1995-96 ..................... 260,406 217,868 42,537 41,176 26,696 14,480 8,009 6,471 1,361

1994-951 .................... 258,248 215,931 42,317 41,539 27,908 13,631 7,888 5,743 778

1993-94 ..................... 255,774 212,939 42,835 41,590 26,638 14,952 8,226 6,726 1,245

1992-932 ..................... 252,799 209,700 43,099 41,704 26,932 14,772 7,855 6,916 1,395

1991-92 ..................... 247,380 204,580 42,800 41,545 26,587 14,957 7,853 7,105 1,255

Percent

1997-98 . .................... 100.0 84.0 16.0 15.6 10.2 5.4 3.0 2.4 0.5

1996-97 ..................... 100.0 83.5 16.5 16.0 10.5 5.5 3.0 2.4 0.5

1995-96 ..................... 100.0 83.7 16.3 15.8 10.3 5.6 3.1 2.5 0.5

1994-95 ..................... 100.0 83.6 16.4 16.1 10.8 5.3 3.1 2.2 0.3

1993-94 ..................... 100.0 83.3 16.7 16.3 10.4 5.8 3.2 2.6 0.5

1992-93 ..................... 100.0 83.0 17.0 16.5 10.7 5.8 3.1 2.7 0.6

1991-92 . . . .................. 100.0 82.7 17.3 16.8 10.7 6.0 3.2 2.9 0.5

1

The primary mobility question in the 1995 survey asked about residence 5 years earlier, not 1 year earlier as in the other survey

years. There was also an additional question on residence 1 year earlier, but the resulting 1-year data for the 1994-95 period are not

comparable with the other surveys. 2

Beginning with data shown for the 1992-93 period and for all subsequent years, the estimates reflect the use of population

controls based on the 1990 Census and adjusted to correct for the undercount. For the prior 10 years of the survey, the data

are weighted to reflects control totals based on the 1980 Census.

boundaries within the same state

could be considered local moves if

they are within the same commuting

area. In this report, however, all

inter-county moves are considered

long-distance moves. Movers are

somewhat more likely to move

between counties in the same state

(18.5 percent ) than to move

between states (15.0 percent).

Young adults move the most.

The highest rates of moving are for

people in their twenties. About

one-third of 20 to 29 year olds

moved in the previous year, twice

the rate for all people 1 year and

older (16.0 percent). Moving rates

continue to decline as age increases:

22.1 percent for people 30 to 34

years old, 14.5 percent for those

35 to 44 years old, 7.1 percent

for those 45 to 54 years old,

6.6 percent for those 55 to 64 years

1-4 5-6 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-84 85+

4.0 4.6

6.6 7.1

14.5

22.1

31.0

34.2

15.9 14.7

17.9

23.5

Figure 2.

Moving Rates by Age: 1998

(Percent moving)

Age
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1 Hispanics may be of any race, but almost all

Hispanics interviewed in the March 1998 Current Population Survey (96 percent) reported

their race as White. Since race and Hispanic

origin are not mutually exclusive concepts,

comparisons of estimates for Whites with estimates for Hispanics are not recommended.

For this reason, this report uses the racial category “White, not Hispanic,” and compares

data for that group with other racial categories and with Hispanics. Although in future

reports, the Hispanic population will be separated from the other racial categories as well,

the current report does not do so. The overlap of Hispanics with Blacks, and with Asians

and Pacific Islanders, is about 2 percent

each.

old, and only 4.1 percent for those

65 years old or over. The apparent

differences in the moving rates

between age groups 45 to 54 and

55 to 64 and for those age groups

over 65 years are not significant.

Rates of moving vary with

race and ethnicity.

Rates of moving are lower for nonHispanic Whites (14.5 percent) than

for Blacks or for Asians and Pacific

Islanders (18.9 percent for both

groups). People of Hispanic origin1

have the highest rates of moving

(21.2 percent) as shown in Table B.

These differences in rates of moving

by race and ethnicity may be partly

the result of the differences in age

structure among the different racial

groups. For example, the median

age of the least mobile group, nonHispanic Whites, is 36.7 years,

compared with 29.6 years for Blacks,

and just over 26 years for Hispanics

and Asians and Pacific Islanders.

A similar pattern is observed for

local movers. Rates of moving

within the same county are lowest

for non-Hispanic Whites (8.7 percent)

Table B.

Geographical Mobility by SelectedCharacteristics: 1998

[Numbers in thousands]

Selected characteristics

Total,

age 1

and older

Percentages

Same

residence

(nonmovers)Total

movers

Different residence in the United States

Movers

from

Total abroad

Same

county

Different county

Total

Same

state

Different

state

Age

Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265,209 84.0 16.0 15.6 10.2 5.4 3.0 2.4 0.5

1 to 4 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,802 76.5 23.5 23.0 15.7 7.3 4.1 3.2 0.5

5 to 9 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,453 82.1 17.9 17.6 12.1 5.4 3.2 2.3 0.3

10 to 14 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,663 85.3 14.7 14.4 9.8 4.5 2.3 2.2 0.3

15 to 19 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,466 84.1 15.9 15.3 10.5 4.8 2.8 2.0 0.6

20 to 24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,613 65.8 34.2 33.0 21.7 11.4 6.7 4.6 1.2

25 to 29 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,996 69.0 31.0 29.8 19.0 10.8 5.7 5.0 1.2

30 to 34 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,358 77.9 22.1 21.5 14.1 7.4 4.0 3.4 0.6

35 to 44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44,462 85.5 14.5 14.2 9.3 4.8 2.7 2.1 0.4

45 to 54 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,058 90.5 7.1 6.9 3.4 3.4 1.9 1.6 0.3

55 to 64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,255 92.9 6.6 6.4 3.2 3.2 1.5 1.7 0.2

65 to 74 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,873 95.1 3.9 3.7 1.9 1.9 1.0 0.9 0.1

75 to 84 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,281 95.8 4.2 4.2 2.6 1.6 0.9 0.6 0.1

85 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,928 95.4 4.6 4.5 3.1 1.5 0.9 0.6 0.1

Median age (years) . . . . . . . . . 35.1 37.3 26.6 26.6 26.1 27.5 27.1 28.0 26.4

Sex

Male . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129,726 83.7 16.3 15.8 10.3 5.5 3.1 2.4 0.5

Female . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135,483 84.2 15.8 15.4 10.1 5.3 2.9 2.4 0.4

Race and Hispanic Origin

White, not Hispanic ........... 189,731 85.5 14.5 14.2 8.7 5.5 3.0 2.5 0.3

Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,999 81.1 18.9 18.7 13.1 5.5 3.4 2.2 0.2

Asian and Pacific Islander . . . . . 10,351 81.1 18.9 16.5 11.1 5.4 2.6 2.8 2.5

Hispanic origin (of any race) . . . 30,098 78.8 21.2 20.0 15.8 4.1 2.3 1.8 1.2

Tenure

In owner-occupied units ....... 183,157 91.8 8.2 8.1 5.1 3.0 1.8 1.3 0.2

In renter-occupied units . . . . . . . 82,052 66.6 33.4 32.3 21.7 10.6 5.7 4.9 1.1

Regions

Northeast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,703 88.5 11.5 11.0 7.3 3.7 2.0 1.7 0.5

Midwest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61,646 85.3 14.7 14.4 9.0 5.4 3.1 2.3 0.3

South . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93,064 82.8 17.2 16.8 10.3 6.5 3.7 2.8 0.4

West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59,796 80.6 19.4 18.8 13.8 5.0 2.5 2.5 0.6
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and highest for Hispanics

(15.8 percent). The rate for Blacks

is higher than the rate for nonHispanic Whites and for Asians

and Pacific Islanders, but lower

than the rate for Hispanics.

It is difficult to discern patterns in

mobility rates among race and

Hispanic origin groups for longer

distance moves. There is no

statistically significant difference

in the rates of moving between

counties within the same state for

Blacks and non-Hispanic Whites,

and non-Hispanic Whites were no

more likely to move to a different

state than Blacks. Hispanics have

much higher rates of moving from

abroad (1.2 percent) than Blacks or

non-Hispanic Whites, although not

as high as Asians and Pacific Islanders (2.5 percent).

Westerners move the most.

Rates of moving were higher in the

West (19.4 percent) than in the other

three regions in 1998 (Table B).

Rates were lowest in the Northeast; its 11.5 percent figure was

well below the national rate of

16.0 percent. People living in

the Midwest were also below the

national average, 14.7 percent of

those living there had moved in

the previous year. In contrast,

Southerners joined Westerners

with moving rates higher than the

national average, 17.2 percent.

Regions differ by type of move as

well. The West had a higher percentage of local movers (13.8 percent

moved within the same county) than

found nationally, while the Northeast

and the Midwest had lower rates

(7.3 percent and 9.0 percent,

respectively, compared with

10.2 percent nationally). The rate of

local moving in the South was no

different than the national average.

Long distance moves are much less

common than local moves regardless of region, but like local moves,

their frequency varies by region. For

example, the Northeast rate of

moving between counties within the

same state (2.0 percent) was lower

than that found in the South

(3.7 percent). Interstate moving

rates were smaller than intercounty

moves within the same state for the

Midwest and the South. The Northeast had the lowest interstate

moving rate (1.7 percent). The rate

found in the Midwest (2.3 percent)

was lower than the rate for the

South (2.8 percent), but not significantly different than the West

(2.5 percent)—the South and West

were not significantly different.

About 1.2 million people

moved from abroad.

The majority of people moving from

abroad were immigrants and

temporary residents such as foreign

college students. As shown in

Table C, 60.3 percent of all movers

from abroad were not U.S. citizens.

Native-born movers from abroad

include people coming into the

country from Puerto Rico or outlying

areas of the United States such as

the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, the

Northern Marianas, or American

Samoa; members of the U.S. Armed

Forces and their dependents

returning from assignment overseas; and other U.S. citizens

returning from foreign countries.

Most movers from abroad were

between 20 and 64 years old

(70.0 percent); few were over 65

years of age (2.8 percent). The

remainder was children and teens

(27.3 percent). About 31 percent of

migrants from abroad were of

Hispanic origin, although Hispanics

make up only 11.3 percent of the

total population. Just 6.6 percent

of the movers from abroad were

Black, while 43.1 percent were nonHispanic White, and 21.1 percent

were Asians and Pacific Islanders.

One-third of renters moved.

One-third of people living in

renter-occupied housing units in

March 1998 moved in the previous

year (33.4 percent).2 In contrast,

only 1 in 12 people in owneroccupied housing units moved

during the same period (8.2 percent). Renters have vastly higher

2 Owner/renter status (shown in Table B)

refers to the time of the survey in March

1998; the Current Population Survey does

not ask about owner/renter status before

the move.

Table C.

SelectedCharacteristics of the Total Population and

Movers From Abroad: 1998

Characteristics Total, age 1

and older

Movers from

abroad

Number (thousands) .......................... 265,209 1,203

Percent:

Native born . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90.1 33.7

Foreign born . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.9 66.3

Naturalized citizen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.7 6.0

Not a citizen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.2 60.3

Under 20 years old . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.4 27.3

20 to 29 years old . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.8 35.8

30 to 44 years old . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.4 22.9

45 to 64 years old . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.2 11.3

65 years old and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.1 2.8

Hispanic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.3 31.1
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Only the Northeast has a net

internal loss.

Table D shows internal inmigration,

outmigration, and net migration for

each of the four major regions

between 1997 and 1998. Only the

net loss of 203,000 people shown

for the Northeast and the net gain of

230,000 people for the South are

statistically significant. The net

internal migration figures for the

Midwest and West are not significantly different from zero.

When movers from abroad are

included in the net migration figures

for each region, all regions except

the Northeast had significant net

population gains. The majority of

immigrants moved to the South and

West. The Northeast had just

enough movers from abroad to

offset its net loss domestically.

Metropolitan areas neither

increase nor decrease in

population.

Metropolitan areas as a whole had

about equal numbers of internal

inmigrants and outmigrants during

the year.4 As shown in Table E, 1.7

million people moved into metropolitan areas from nonmetropolitan

areas, and 1.9 million moved out.

These numbers are not significantly

different. This balance has been

standard for most of the last decade,

with the exception of 1995-96 and

1992-93 when metropolitan areas

experienced net losses. Metropolitan

areas have not had a net gain since

4 The boundaries of metropolitan areas

are redrawn following each decennial census. They were revised in 1993 using data

from the 1990 Decennial Census. Some

areas that were categorized as

nonmetropolitan prior to the 1993 revision are now classified as metropolitan.

The Current Population Survey began using these new boundaries in 1995. Because of this change, the metropolitan

data in this report are not strictly comparable with data from the 1994 or earlier

reports.

3 Larry Long, “Migration and Residential

Mobility in the United States,” Russell

Sage Foundation, New York, NY, 1988.

rates of moving than owners for all

types of moves.

Owner/renter status (or tenure) is

closely related to age, race, and

Hispanic origin. Renters are, on

average, younger than homeowners. The median age of all

people living in renter-occupied

housing units was 28.2 years,

compared with 38.3 years for those

living in owner-occupied housing

units. While more than threequarters of non-Hispanic Whites

(76.4 percent) and about 60 percent

of Asians and Pacific Islanders lived

in owner-occupied units, only about

half of Blacks and Hispanics did so.

Interregional movement

redistributes the population.

 In recent decades, more people

have moved from North to South

than in the opposite direction and

this trend continues.3 Although

westward migration has long been a

factor in the settlement of the United

States, between 1997 and 1998,

significantly more people moved

from the West to the Midwest than

vice versa. Flows of migrants among

the four major regions of the United

States between 1997 and 1998 are

illustrated in Figure 3.

Table D.

Annual Inmigration, Outmigration, Net Migration, and

Movers From Abroadby Region: 1998

[Numbers in thousands]

Type of migration Northeast Midwest South West

Within the United States

Inmigrants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504 873 1,335 660

Outmigrants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 708 753 1,105 806

Net internal migration . . . . . . . . . . . -203* 120 230* -146

Movers from abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 170 416 370

Net migration (Including from

abroad) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 290* 646* 224*

*Net flow significantly different from zero at the 90-percent confidence level.

Moved to Midwest

Moved to South

Moved to West

Moved to Northeast

Nor South Midwest West Midwest South

Northeast Midwest West

125

334

Moved from Moved from

Moved from

201

113

71

320 310

112

450

471 481

383

Figure 3.

Region-to-Region Migration: 1998

(Numbers in thousands)

theast

West Northeast South

Moved from
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the 1986-87 survey period, when

the figure was nearly half a million

people. Between 1987 and 1992,

metropolitan areas had no significant net gains or losses.

The estimated number of legal

emigrants from the United States

in 1998 was 278,0005—a small

number compared with the

1.2 million gain. When movers

from abroad are included in the

calculation of net migration,

metropolitan areas had a significant

net gain of 901,000 people.

2.6 million people. At the same

time, 6.2 million people moved into

areas outside central cities and

3.8 million people moved out—a net

gain of 2.4 million movers.

Movers from abroad select

metropolitan locations.

Only 121,000 movers from abroad

went to nonmetropolitan areas.

Movers from abroad were more

likely to end up outside central cities

(618,000 people) than inside

(465,000 people). The same was

true in the 1993-94 period, but for

most years during the late 1980s

and early 1990s, movers from

abroad were most likely found living

in central cities. For the 1996-97

period, about equal numbers of

people from abroad moved to

metropolitan areas inside and

outside central cities. This was also

true for the 1995-96 period.

Movers stay close to home.

Over half of all movers (24.2 million)

stayed in the same metropolitan

area, as shown in Table F. In contrast, only 7.8 million people moved

between metropolitan areas. Most

movers within nonmetropolitan parts

of the country also stayed close to

home. Over three-quarters of the

5.7 million people who moved from

one nonmetropolitan location to

another stayed within the same

county.

Metropolitan areas outside

central cities are chosen

more than central cities.

Most movers maintained their

metropolitan status, but more chose

outside central cities than inside as

their destination. While 11.5 million

people moved within or between

central cities of metropolitan areas, 5 Unpublished Census Bureau estimate.

Within metropolitan areas,

central cities lost population

while the population outside

central cities gained.

Metropolitan areas outside central

cities were the most popular destination among movers within and

between metropolitan areas. Although metropolitan areas as a

whole had about equal numbers of

inmigrants and outmigrants, the

metropolitan areas inside central

cities had totally different migration

patterns than outside central cities.

Between 1997 and 1998, 5.9 million

people moved out of central cities

while 3.3 million moved in, resulting

in a net loss due to migration of

Table E.

Annual Inmigration, Outmigration, Net Migration for

Metropolitan andNonmetropolitan Areas: 1998

[Numbers in thousands]

Type of migration

Metropolitan areas

Nonmetropolitan

Total areas

Central

cities

Outside

central

cities

Within the United States

Inmigrants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,685 3,294 6,173 1,867

Outmigrants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,867 5,899 3,750 1,685

Net internal migration . . . . . . . . . . . -182 -2,605* 2,423* 182

Movers from abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,083 465 618 121

Net migration (including from

abroad) ...................... 901* -2,140* 3,041* 303*

*Net flow significantly different from zero at the 90-percent confidence level.

Table F.

Movers Within andBetween Metropolitan and

Nonmetropolitan Areas: 1998

[Numbers in thousands]

Type of migration Number Percent

Total movers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,507 100.0

Within same MSAs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,243 57.0

Between MSAs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,781 18.3

Metropolitan to nonmetropolitan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,867 4.4

Nonmetropolitan to metropolitan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,685 4.0

Nometropolitan at both dates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,727 13.5

Within same county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,491 10.6

Movers from abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,203 2.8
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12.8 million moved from one location

outside central cities to another. In

contrast, 5.1 million left the central

cities for outside central cities, while

2.7 million chose city life.

Source of Data

Most estimates in this report come

from data collected in March 1998

by the Current Population Survey

(CPS). Some estimates are based on

data collected by the CPS in earlier

years. The Census Bureau conducts

the CPS every month but collects the

data on residential migration only in

March.

Accuracy and Reliability of

the Data

Statistics from sample surveys

are subject to sampling and nonsampling error. All comparisons

presented in this report have taken

sampling error into account and

meet the Census Bureau’s standards

for statistical significance. Nonsampling errors in surveys may be

attributed to a variety of sources

such as how the survey was designed, how respondents interpret

questions, how able and willing

respondents are to provide correct

answers, and how accurately

answers are coded and classified.

The Census Bureau employs quality

control procedures throughout the

production process—including the

overall design of surveys, testing the

wording of questions, review of the

work of interviewers and coders,

and statistical review of reports. The

CPS employs ratio estimation,

whereby sample estimates are

adjusted to independent estimates

of the national population by age,

race, sex, and Hispanic origin. This

weighting partially corrects for bias

due to undercoverage, but how it

affects different variables in the

survey is not precisely known.

Moreover, biases may also be

present when people who are

missed in the survey differ from

those interviewed in ways other than

the categories used in weighting

(age, race, sex, and Hispanic origin).

All of these considerations affect

comparisons across different surveys

or data sources. For further information on statistical standards and the

computation and use of standard

errors, contact Alfred Meier, Demographic Statistical Methods Division,

at 301-457-4220 or on the Internet

at Alfred.G.Meier@ccmail.census.gov.

More Information

A package of tables showing more

detailed characteristics of movers

and nonmovers by type of move for

the United States and regions is

available from the Census Bureau.

Characteristics include age, sex,

race, Hispanic origin, educational

attainment, marital status, household relationship, family type, ages

of own children by type of family,

labor force status, occupation,

industry, and income. This set of

detailed tables (PPL-118) is identical

to those produced in previous years

(165 pages) and is available on

paper for $38. To receive a copy,

send a request for “PPL-118, Geographical Mobility: March 1997 to

March 1998,” along with a check or

money order in amount of $38

payable to Commerce-Census, to

U. S. Department of Commerce, U.S.

Census Bureau, P.O. Box 277943,

Atlanta, GA 30384-7943, or call

the Population Division’s Statistical

Information Office on 301-457-2422.

A copy of these tabulations will be

made available to any existing

Current Population Report P20

subscriber without charge, provided

that the request is made within three

months of the issue date of this

report. Contact the Statistical

Information Office on 301-457-2422.

The electronic version of these

tables is available on the Internet

(http://www.census.gov). Once on

the site, click on “Subjects A to Z,”

then click on “M”, and finally on

“Migration.” There is other migration

information at that location including

data from the 1990 Census and a

few time series tables with data from

past CPS reports.

Contacts

Statistical Information Staff:

pop@census.gov 301-457-2422

Carol S. Faber

Carol.S.Faber@ccmail.census.gov

301-457-2454

User Comments

The Census Bureau welcomes the

comments and advice of users of

our data and reports. If you have

any suggestions or comments,

please write to:

Chief, Population Division

U.S. Census Bureau

Washington, DC 20233

or send e-mail to

pop@census.gov