CPS Historical Migration/Geographic Mobility Tables
CPS Historical Migration/Geographic Mobility Tables
Visualizations of the historical tables are located in the "related information" section on the right side of this page. Please click on the icon titled "CPS Historical Geographic Mobility/Migration Graphs".
2023 release: The U.S. Census Bureau has reviewed this data product to ensure appropriate access, use, and disclosure avoidance protection of the confidential source data used to produce this product (Data Management System (DMS) number: P-7534374; Disclosure Review Board (DRB) approval number: CBDRB-FY24-0423).
2021 release: The U.S. Census Bureau reviewed this data product for unauthorized disclosure of confidential information and approved the disclosure avoidance practices applied to this release. CBDRB-FY22-008.
Note for 2020 through 2022 estimates: Data collection for the CPS ASEC data years 2020 through 2022 largely occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-related changes to survey operations and related nonresponse may have influenced CPS ASEC estimates in 2020, 2021, and 2022.
Note: Historical Table and Graph A-6 (Distance of Intercounty Move) are no longer updated as of data year 2022.
Note: As of December 2024, these historical tables include corrections to errors. Please replace any previously downloaded historical tables.
User Notes for CPS ASEC Migration/Geographic Mobility data are accessible here:
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Geographic Mobility User NotesNotes related to redesigns, omissions and corrections.
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User NotesASEC User Note: Update of Geographic Mobility Table Package: 2023Some updates were made for the 2023 1-year Geographic Mobility table package.
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User NotesASEC User Note: Redesign of Geographic Mobility Table Package: 2022Some revisions were made for the 2022 1-year Geographic Mobility table package.
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User NotesASEC User Note: Redesign of the Geographic Mobility Table Package: 2021Some revisions were made for the 2021 Geographic Mobility table package.
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User NotesASEC User Note: Updates to Reasons for Moving Categories: 2020Updates to the reason for moving categories included the addition of a new category, “relationship with unmarried partner (boy/girlfriend, fiancé, etc.).”
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User NotesASEC User Note: Migration Questions 1971 through 1980The 1-year geographic mobility question was not asked from 1972 to 1975 and from 1977 to 1980.
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User NotesASEC User Note: Distance of Move Estimates from 2003 to 2005A change in processing resulted in a shift in the distribution of movers and distance moved between the 2002-2003 to 2004-2005 periods.
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User NotesASEC User Note: 2014 CPS ASEC SampleThe source of data for the 2014 tables is the CPS ASEC sample of 98,000 addresses.
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User NotesASEC User Note: Migration Question Wording Change in 2004Before 2004, the question asked about residence on March 1 of the previous year. As of 2004, it asked about residence one year ago.
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User NotesASEC User Note: Potential Display Issue, Reason for Move: 2012-2015A potential display issue in the data collection instrument could have introduced response bias during the 2012-2015 CPS-ASEC data collection.
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User NotesASEC User Note: Reason for Move Write-In Expansion Recoding UpdatesThis is a revised version of a user note originally published in 2016. It includes some updates and corrections since the original user note.
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User NotesASEC User Note: Revised: Reason for Move Write-In ExpansionThis is a revised version of a user note originally published in 2016. It includes some updates and corrections since the original user note.
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