Rhode Island Passes Michigan in Percent of People Leaving the state (& otherdata

[Tender Branson]

Ok, looking at the map we can see they went south ........why is is this such a shock?

And west. And mostly into Republican states. Actually, looking just at intra-US-migration, 9 of the 10 most popular destinations include Republican states, while 9 of the 10 states where most people "flee" are Democratic states.

Hard to imagine that California grew below 1%. Emigration to other US states outweighed international immigration in 2006-07, while there were 330.000 more Births than Deaths.

Their Dept. of Finance meanwhile estimated the 2006-07 growth at 1.2% ...

[Tender Branson]

Top-10 states for relocating Americans (2006/07):

Texas: + 141.280
North Carolina: + 111.963
Georgia: + 94.004
Arizona: + 90.402
South Carolina: + 53.993
Tennessee: + 48.665
Nevada: + 41.338
Florida: + 35.301
Colorado: + 33.438
Washington: + 31.009

Top-10 states where Americans "fled" from (2006/07):

Rhode Island: - 10.031
Connecticut: - 19.377
Massachusetts: - 35.121
Maryland: - 36.270
Ohio: - 51.842
Illinois: - 60.265
New Jersey: - 69.160
Michigan: - 94.420
New York: - 189.765
California: - 263.035

http://www.census.gov/popest/states/NST-comp-chg.html