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Interregional Migration of the Poor: Some Recent Changes

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Report Number P23-73

Traces the interregional migration of the Nation's poverty population based upon the migrants' income about the time of moving, giving a more timely overview of this segment than heretofore available. This analytical study indicates the South's shift from net outmigration to net inmigration of low-income persons between 1967 and 1977; discussion of similar statistics is presented for each of the census regions.

Most data for this research, one of a series of studies undertaken by the Census Bureau's Population Division, were obtained from the annual March Current Population Survey; poverty status was computed from total money income received during the calendar year preceding each survey. Additional statistics from the 1976 Survey of Income and Education permitted analysis of mobility within each region of the total population between 20 and 64 years old for varying periods of time. Definite socioeconomic trends are indicated as a result of these analyses.

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