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New Mexico has a population of 2 million. The home-grown population tends to be rooted firmly in the place with some never venturing out of NM unless for the military or something similar. The extended family ties have a firm grip on some people. There are a lot of transplants or offspring of transplants in the Albuquerque area (with a metro of about 1 million) who arrived there mostly after WW2. They tend to be more mobile, but the state has the pseudo-motto of "Land of Enchantment" that has some actual validity -- people often don't want to leave. That prompts some to revise the saying to "Land of Entrapment". I think the state would more resemble some of the darker blue states on the map. I'm also surprised that Colorado isn't in the blue category. Texas seems incorrectly categorized in the red -- if you live in a state that borders Texas you have the feeling that they can't stay put. It should at least be light blue.
And if Texas is considered "insular," then it's probably based on one year of migration data, since the global oil and gas market crashed in 2015, and even the Houston MSA stalled in terms of year-over-year job growth.
And if Texas is considered "insular," then it's probably based on one year of migration data, since the global oil and gas market crashed in 2015, and even the Houston MSA stalled in terms of year-over-year job growth.
I'm assuming that explains Alaska being "more migration in", too. Also dependent on resource extraction, and the economy there has also slumped, leading to outright population declines --- but maybe the crash there started a bit later than 2016.
Red-Stagnant
Pink-Bye bye
Baby Blue- Colonized
Blue-The party is here
I quite like this. I agree with this assessment, save for TX, which is certainly not stagnant. Pennsylvania is extremely stagnant, so I'm not surprised it's red.
The Southeast - South Carolina in particular for me - has a ton of new people from all over, and the reasons they are coming here, judging by what I see in news reports and hear in conversations with recent arrivals, run the gamut.
Edit: I’m a native and I ask a lot of questions.
Thought utah had the most native born residents by percentage
The 2017-2021 ACS found Louisiana has the highest proportion of residents born in state at 77.9%. Utah is much lower at 61.6%. While natural increase is the primary factor behind Utah's high growth rate, the state is drawing migrants from other states and countries as well - it is not as culturally homogeneous as typically perceived.
Thought utah had the most native born residents by percentage
When it comes to Western states they do. They're the only Western state to have a majority of their population being native.
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