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First of all, why are you being so defensive? There's no need to be infantilizing.
I'm just stating how the self-reported data is translated into the US census. All I'm doing is posting numbers.
Maybe I am defensive because I worked for the 2010 census and have heard far too many of the "conspiracy theories." To clarify:
If you are 'one or more races,' you report as such. The definition thereof is your own. The enumerator's job is to record your answers, not answer the question for you.
If you are 'Hispanic or Latino of any race,' you report it as such. Although, my personal experience was that most Hispanics and Latinos-- in a neighborhood that was pretty heavily Hispanic and Latino, I might add-- would report their race as 'other' and have me write in Hispanic/Latino/Mexican, etc.
To summarize:
There is not some magical formula being used to classify people. Hispanics and Latinos are not being over or under-counted because the census changed its definitions. If somebody had a Hispanic mom and non-Hispanic dad, and chose to identify as "White" in the race category, there is nothing the enumerator would be able to do about it...
Maybe I am defensive because I worked for the 2010 census and have heard far too many of the "conspiracy theories." To clarify:
If you are 'one or more races,' you report as such. The definition thereof is your own. The enumerator's job is to record your answers, not answer the question for you.
If you are 'Hispanic or Latino of any race,' you report it as such. Although, my personal experience was that most Hispanics and Latinos-- in a neighborhood that was pretty heavily Hispanic and Latino, I might add-- would report their race as 'other' and have me write in Hispanic/Latino/Mexican, etc.
To summarize:
There is not some magical formula being used to classify people. Hispanics and Latinos are not being over or under-counted because the census changed its definitions. If somebody had a Hispanic mom and non-Hispanic dad, and chose to identify as "White" in the race category, there is nothing the enumerator would be able to do about it...
This seems like a pretty unsurprising list. Somebody already brought up Black flight, which has definitely been covered in the media as a significant trend. People moving to the "New South" of Atlanta, North Carolina, Florida, and Eastern Texas, as well as D.C. burbs in NOVA and Maryland. I have a feeling a significant number of the California to Texas transplants are Black Californians, though I'm sure a significant number are of any race as well. Texas is a really diverse state (something a lot of people here in California seem to be baffled by, one girl "couldn't believe it" when she met an Asian girl from FW) and I think these moves are heavily related to the California economy. Someone said Texas' isn't as strong as it's made to be but compared to California's and California's cost of living, it's definitely better.
The next four all seem obvious to me.
Florida, similar to Texas, is part of that New South trend, with growing populations in the SE and Orlando along the I-4. Cheaper housing.
NY and Illinois will almost always make these lists.
Colorado similar to other southwest states.
Virginia because of the DC area, lots of jobs, strong economy, booming national metro area, so many people going here the way they go to the Silicon Valley.
This seems like a pretty unsurprising list. Somebody already brought up Black flight, which has definitely been covered in the media as a significant trend. People moving to the "New South" of Atlanta, North Carolina, Florida, and Eastern Texas, as well as D.C. burbs in NOVA and Maryland. I have a feeling a significant number of the California to Texas transplants are Black Californians, though I'm sure a significant number are of any race as well. Texas is a really diverse state (something a lot of people here in California seem to be baffled by, one girl "couldn't believe it" when she met an Asian girl from FW) and I think these moves are heavily related to the California economy. Someone said Texas' isn't as strong as it's made to be but compared to California's and California's cost of living, it's definitely better.
The next four all seem obvious to me.
Florida, similar to Texas, is part of that New South trend, with growing populations in the SE and Orlando along the I-4. Cheaper housing.
NY and Illinois will almost always make these lists.
Colorado similar to other southwest states.
Virginia because of the DC area, lots of jobs, strong economy, booming national metro area, so many people going here the way they go to the Silicon Valley.
Well, its always good to compare these numbers to the top 10 states that send people TO California:
2009-2010 Top 10 states sending people to California (exemptions+returns)
Around 43% of Californians who move out of state move to other Western states, while a further 31% move to the South (including Texas). Despite Texas' most favored status as place to move (and get people from), this mostly due to the size and population of Texas. However, what's more striking is how Californians are moving into previously relatively unpopulated Western states. Due to the fact that there is a lack of real natives in many of these states, these transplants are having an indeliable effect on those state's politics.
The near same percentage who move into California come from the West and South.
Aside from Texas and the Western states (AZ, NV, WA, OR, CO, etc.), California has a relative equal balance of people moving in and out. In fact, from Midwestern and Northeastern states, its generally the rule that California receives more of those states residents than the Californians sending people to those states.
As a caveat, this two way migration may reflect people moving back to their states of origin after a temporary job period. It would be interesting to see more detailed resident statistics based on a 5 year and longer sample. However, that would be way too much to ask from the IRS, and would probably violate some privacy laws. Hence we get forums like City Data.
My parents moved from CA to PA when I was very young. More for job reasons than not liking California. Only my dad is white though neither are from California originally.
Obviously this is not a particularly common migration pattern
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