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Richard Florida on “The Geography of...

Nov 25, 2011
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Richard Florida on “The Geography of Stuck” Nearly six in ten Americans live in the state where they were born, according to the U.S. Census bureau. But there is considerable variation from state to state, as the map (above) by Zara Matheson of the Martin Prosperity Institute shows. More than three quarters of the people in Louisiana (78.9 percent), Michigan (76.6 percent) and Ohio (75.1 percent) were born there… Compare to this county-by-county map of how people moved in 2010. Thx, mlarson!

Richard Florida on “The Geography of Stuck”

Nearly six in ten Americans live in the state where they were born, according to the U.S. Census bureau. But there is considerable variation from state to state, as the map (above) by Zara Matheson of the Martin Prosperity Institute shows. More than three quarters of the people in Louisiana (78.9 percent), Michigan (76.6 percent) and Ohio (75.1 percent) were born there…

Compare to this county-by-county map of how people moved in 2010.

Thx, mlarson!

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  1. ser-pez reblogged this from austinkleon and added:
    This is fascinating, particularly as someone who plans to never again live in the state in which I was born. Apparently...
  2. amandatong reblogged this from mollybierman