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Title: Migration and the Diffusion of Latinos in the United States, 1980-2007

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Publication Year: 2009

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Abstract: The recent increase in the size of the Latino population in nontraditional areas of the United States, particularly in the Southeast, suggests that the spatial diffusion of Latinos is underway, leading to a qualitatively lower level of interregional segregation among Latinos and non-Latinos. Using combined Census and American Community Survey Data from 1980-2007 and a set of 488 county-group areas(Consistent PUMAs) that provide longitudinal geographic coverage of the United States, we analyze trends in the migration patterns and the rate of regional desegregation of Latinos and non-Latinos over time. We use count models of the flow of migrants between areas to test for changes in migration patterns between Latinos and non-Latinos controlling for spatial effects and economic pull factors.Results from these models indicate that the rate of desegregation due to migration patterns was about 39% lower in 2006-2007 than it was in 2000.

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Authors: Sharma, Andy; Mouw, Ted

Publisher: Carolina Population Center

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Migration and Immigration, Race and Ethnicity

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