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, as opposed to just 24.3 percent of Nevadans, 35.2 percent of Floridians, 37.2 percent of the residents of Washington, D.C., and 37.7 percent of Arizonans. A high level of home-grown residents is also indicative of a lack of inflow of new people.” (nevver)

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, as opposed to just 24.3 percent of Nevadans, 35.2 percent of Floridians, 37.2 percent of the residents of Washington, D.C., and 37.7 percent of Arizonans. A high level of home-grown residents is also indicative of a lack of inflow of new people.”

(nevver)

Source: nevver

28 November 2197 theatlantic
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Notes

  1. beatingheartbehindyou reblogged this from nevver
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  3. solus-ipse reblogged this from magicbluecat and added:
    this is really alarming. also first i read it as “the geography of suck,” which is pretty much an accurate summing-up of...
  4. elviajedelaesperanza reblogged this from nevver
  5. lifeandotherconfusion reblogged this from mon-petit-oiseau and added:
    Proof that Athens (Ohio) is a black hole…
  6. girlswillbegirls reblogged this from nevver
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  11. nothingtothetable reblogged this from inkyeagle and added:
    Makes sense. Pretty neat map.
  12. thevoidstuff reblogged this from boobs-radley
  13. faineopines reblogged this from cfbwe and added:
    I was actually born in Florida is the ironic part, considering my total inability to stay put.
  14. doloresbirch reblogged this from stranzimal
  15. stranzimal reblogged this from owlturtle and added:
    california = a lot of people move there, and a lot of the people who are from there don’t leave (for a variety of...
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