Lincoln (Neb.) - Nov. 2, 1998 - In 1995, Nebraska gained more population through migration than it lost, according to a report in the October edition of Business and Nebraska.
Researchers Lisa Darlington and Matt England of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Bureau of Business Research examined data from the Federal and State Cooperative Program for Population Estimates and found that the number of people who moved to Nebraska (inmigrants) in 1995 outnumbered the people moving out (outmigrants) by nearly 7 percent.
Darlington and England also found that Nebraskans are less mobile than people in other areas of the country and when they do move, they tend to stay fairly close to home.
The proportion of Nebraska's population that moved into or out of the state or to another county in the state was roughly 8 percent, compared to 14 percent for the entire 12-state Midwest region. Other areas of the country also had higher migration rates than Nebraska - 20 percent in the West, 17 percent in the South and 11 percent in the Northeast.
In addition, the Midwest region accounted for 40 percent of both inmigrants and outmigrants. Iowa exerted the greatest influence on both flows, accounting for about 8 percent of inmigration and 9 percent of outmigration. Colorado drew 4 percent of Nebraska's outmigration.
Inside the state, more than 70,000 persons (about 4.5 percent of the population) changed counties in 1995.
The Federal and State Cooperative Program for Population
Estimates used the number of exemptions on individual tax returns
to estimate population flows. It ensured the confidentiality of
individual returns by reporting only for specific migration flows
encompassing 10 or more returns.
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