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Title: Migrants to the Rocky Mountain West: Have They Changed?

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Publication Year: 2002

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Abstract: In recent decades, the Rocky Mountain West (RMW) has experienced demographic change that both coincides and contrasts with national trends. The 1970s saw a "nonmetropolitan rebound," and while the rebound contracted nationwide in the 1980s, rural growth in the RMW continued to outpace urban areas. In the 1990s, the population of the RMW increased three times faster than the rest of nation, and today, the region contains fourteen of the nation's 20 fastest growing counties. These demographic changes have important social implications for western areas, as migrants may shift community sociodemographic composition. This paper reports on analyses using the historical Integrated Public Use Microdata files, a set of twenty-five high-precision samples of the American population. We use 1970, 1980, and 1990 Census data to longitudinally contrast socio-demographic characteristics of migrant and native populations in the RMW, as well as migrants to the RMW as compared to migrants elsewhere.

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Authors: Hunter, Lori M.

Conference Name: Rural Sociological Society

Publisher Location: Chicago, IL

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Migration and Immigration

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