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I love this link. I've seen it before and like looking at the different states' data. So the data for NC looks like this:
Where Current (2012) NC Residents were Born:
NC: 58%
Outside the US: 9%
NY: 4%
VA:3%
FL: 2%
NJ: 2%
OH: 2%
PA: 2%
SC: 2%
CA: 1%
GA: 1%
MI: 1%
TX: 1%
The remaining states each contribute less than 1% of NC's population
I love this link. I've seen it before and like looking at the different states' data. So the data for NC looks like this:
Where Current (2012) NC Residents were Born:
NC: 58%
Outside the US: 9%
NY: 4%
VA:3%
FL: 2%
NJ: 2%
OH: 2%
PA: 2%
SC: 2%
CA: 1%
GA: 1%
MI: 1%
TX: 1%
The remaining states each contribute less than 1% of NC's population
I love this link, too.
It also explains why it SEEMS like so many people are here from NY. NY has the highest percentage here of any other state besides NC.
Also, if you look at the percentages for people from anywhere in the NE, you see that you get something closer to about 9% of the population being from states in the NE. If you compare that to people from the Midwest, for example, you see that there are only 3% that you could argue as being Midwesterners. If you put OH in the NE category (some people do, but I think of it more as MW) you have even fewer.
Anyone from VA, SC, or the Deep South is generally unnoticed unless they tell people where they're from. Accents are off a bit, but not by as much as someone from NY where everyone who is a native here would notice it.
Interesting. Very interesting!
Would be even more interesting to see a breakdown of these in the Triangle alone.
I am confident those percentages of people from elsewhere would be FAR higher.
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I was looking at the data for 1950. As expected, the percentage of people born in each state was higher. But then, I looked at the data for 1900 - very interesting! NC and SC had very high percentages (95%). However, many states - the Northeast and the West - were much lower. Surprised me at first, but then I remembered: immigration and Westward expansion!
And for those who think there is a tunnel leading directly from New York to North Carolina, as of 2012, 61% of New York natives still lived in New York. The rest moved to the following states:
Florida (8%)
New Jersey (5%)
California (3%)
Beyond that it only groups where NY natives moved to by region (so I assume it is less than 3% to each of the rest of the states):
Other Southern states (9%)
Other Northeastern states (8%)
Other States in the west (3%)
States in the Midwest (3%)
My conclusion is that fewer than 3% of native New Yorkers moved to North Carolina, while at the same time 4% of North Carolinian residents are from New York. And although the second percentage is likely higher in the Triangle, it's not nearly as high as some people on these boards would lead you to believe.
Would be even more interesting to see a breakdown of these in the Triangle alone.
I am confident those percentages of people from elsewhere would be FAR higher.
I agree. They probably aren't moving in great numbers to Kinston or "Angiers".
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