The U.S. population center is on track this decade to take a southern swerve for the first time in history. Correspondent Bernie Bennett has this report. Last year, the South outgrew other U.S. regions by well over 1 million people through births outpacing deaths and domestic and international migration, according to population estimates from the […]
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Migration Within the Country Grows the Population of the South
The U.S. population center is on track this decade to take a southern swerve for the first time in history. Correspondent Bernie Bennett has this report.
Last year, the South outgrew other U.S. regions by well over 1 million people through births outpacing deaths and domestic and international migration, according to population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau.
The Northeast and Midwest lost residents, and the West grew by an anemic 153,000 people, primarily because a large number of residents left for a different U.S. region. The West would have lost population if not for immigrants and births outpacing deaths.
In contrast, the South grew by 1.3 million new residents, and six of the 10 U.S. states with the biggest growth last year were in the South.
Bernie Bennett reporting.