According to estimates from the Current Population Survey conducted by the Bureau of the Census, 17.9 percent of the 201,506,000 persons 1 year old and over living in the United States in March 1971 had moved within the country during the preceding twelve months. This 17.9 percent represents about 36,161,000 persons, with 23,018,000 moving within counties and 13,143,000 moving between counties. An additional 1,544,000 persons had been living abroad in March 1970. Inclusion of these movers from abroad reveals that about 18.7 percent of the March 1971 United States poplulation 1 year old and over had been living at a different address one year earlier. With the exception of persons who moved from, but returned to, their 1970 address during the survey year, the survey provides an estimate of all persons who moved during the year. It does not, however, provide an estimate of the total number of moves during the year, since the movers may have moved mroe than once.

Tables

Table 1. Race and Sex of the Population 1 Year Old and Over, by Mobility Status: April 1948 to March 1971. [<1.0 MB]

Table 2. Type of Residence of the Population 1 Year Old and Over, by Mobility Status, Region of Residence in 1970, and Race: March 1971. [<1.0 MB]

Table 3. Age and Sex of the Population 1 Year Old and Over, by Mobility Status: March 1971. [<1.0 MB]

Table 4. Years of School Completed by the Population 25 Years old and Over, by Mobility Status, Age, and Sex: March 1971. [<1.0 MB]

Table 5. Date of First Marriage and Marital Status of the Population 14 Years Old and Over, by Mobility Status and Sex: March 1971. [<1.0 MB]

Table 6. Relationship to Head of Household of the Population 1 Year Old and Over, by Mobility Status, Age, and Sex: March 1971. [<1.0 MB]

Table 7. Employment Status of the Population 14 Years Old and Over, by Mobility Status, Marital Status, Age, and Sex: March 1971. [1.2 MB]

Table 8. Broad Occupation Group and Class of Worker of the Employed Civilian Male Population 14 Years Old and Over, by Mobility Status and Age: March 1971. [<1.0 MB]

Table 9. Major Occupation Group of the Employed Civilian Male Population 14 Years Old and Over, by Mobility Status and Age. [<1.0 MB]

Table 10. Weeks Worked in 1970 and Broad Occupation Group of the Employed Civilian Male Population 14 Years Old and Over, by Mobility Status and Age: March 1971. [<1.0 MB]

Table 11. Income in 1970 of the Male Noninstitutional Population 18 Years Old and Over, by Mobility Status, Marital Status, and Age: March 1971. [<1.0 MB]

Table 12. Percent Distribution by Mobility Status and Metropolitan-nonmetropolitan Residence for the Population 1 Year Old and Over, by Race, for Regions and Selected Areas: March 1971. [<1.0 MB]

Table 13. Region of Residence in 1971 by Region of Residence in 1970 of Migrants 1 Year Old and Over, by Age and Race. [<1.0 MB]

Others in Series

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Characteristics of New Voters: 1972

December 1971

There will be 25 million young people who will be old enough to vote for President for the first time in the November 1972 Presidential election.

Publication

School Enrollment in the United States: 1971 (Advance data)

March 1972

These school enrollment results are based on the Current Population Survey conducted in October 1971.

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Social and Economic Characteristics of Students: October 1971

October 1972

This publication Social and Economic Characteristics of Students is based on results of the Current Population Survey conducted in October 1971.

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