Nevada, Arizona Major Destinations of Late '90s Exodus From California Census Bureau Reports

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Contact: Stephen Buckner of the Census Bureau, 301-763-3030 or 301-457-1037 (TDD); pio@census.gov

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 /U.S Newswire/ -- Fast-growing Nevada and Arizona had the highest rates of net inmigration from other states between 1995 and 2000 and many of their new residents came from California, according to two Census 2000 reports released today by the U.S. Census Bureau.

A third report said the South experienced the greatest net migration gain of older people (65 and over) from other regions: 233,000. And a fourth report found a net migration gain in nonmetropolitan areas of about half a million people; in 1990, the nonmetropolitan net migration gain for the previous five years was just 50,000 nationwide.

The first report, Domestic Migration Across Regions, Divisions, and States: 1995 to 2000, documents the geographic variation in migratory patterns among census regions, divisions and states.

In 1995, Nevada led all states with the highest rate by far of net inmigration, gaining 151.5 people for every 1,000 residents. Besides Nevada and Arizona (which gained 74.3 migrants per 1,000), other states with high levels of net inmigration were Georgia (48.6), North Carolina (48.4), Florida (44.0) and Colorado (43.8).

In contrast, high rates of net outmigration were found in the District of Columbia (which lost 81.7 people per 1,000 residents), Hawaii (65.4), Alaska (51.0), New York (48.8) and North Dakota (40.6).

The second report, State-to-State Migration Flows: 1995 to 2000, examines the origins and destinations of the 22.0 million people who moved to a different U.S. state between 1995 and 2000. The other reports are: Migration and Geographic Mobility in Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan America: 1995 to 2000, and Internal Migration of the Older Population: 1995 to 2000.

-- Many of the inmigrants to Nevada, Arizona and other fast-growing states were from California, which had a net outmigration of 755,000 people to other states between 1995 and 2000 second only to New York, which had a net outmigration of 874,000.

-- The migration of 300,000 people from New York to Florida was the single largest state-to-state flow, and was far larger than the reverse flow of 70,000 people from Florida to New York.

All four reports and supplementary tables are available on the Internet at http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/migration.html.

A fifth report, Migration of Natives and the Foreign Born: 1995 to 2000, is scheduled to be released later this month (August).

Estimates in all four reports released today are based on responses from a sample of the population. As with all surveys, these estimates may vary from the actual values because of sampling variation or other factors.

We were living in Riverside, and for about 6 months of the year it was very common to have temps from 90-100+. That's not mild. It's not quite as bad as Phoenix, but it's much worse than northern AZ. That was the only place we could afford a house, and we are both working professionals with no kids. We moved to Indiana and have been very pleased with the summer here. It's usually about 80 with 60-75% humidity. Very comfortable to me. The winters are very cold, and it snows, but that's preferable to me over a scorching summer. Plus, we are getting a dream house with a walk out basement for much less than what we sold our crappy house in a crime ridden area. With a crime rate of 10 in our chosen suburb, I do not expect to be carjacked in my own driveway again or burglarized twice, not to mention watching the gas station get robbed and being trapped in the market while the bank gets robbed.

My parents live by the beach, and this summer temps have been 90+. That's not a typical summer there, though, it's usually very pleasant. The thing is, you need $500k for a modest house.

The majority of California is NOT a very comfortable climate, at least not to me. Only the very coastal edge up to about 8 miles inland is comfortable. Everything else is very hot in the summer, or snows heavily in the winter.

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