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Postwar Migration and its causes in the United States August 1945 to October 1946

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Postwar Migration and its causes in the United States August 1945 to October 1946

October 07, 1947

Report Number P20-4

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Of the estimated 10,700,00- migrants between V-J day (August 14, 1945) and October 1946, close to 6,000,000 moved for reasons connected with ther job or with the job of the head of their family. An additional 1,900,000 persons moved for reasons directly or indirectly related to the housing situation, according to estimates issued today by J.C. Capt, Director, Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce. Approximately one percent of all migrants gave more than one reason for moving. Only about one-tenth of the migrants moved more than once in the 14 months following V-J Day. Almost as many migrants moved between States in their last civilian move (usually a longer distance) as within States.

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Table 1. Migration Status of the Civilian Population and Type of Last Civilian Move of the Migrants, by Veteran Status, Age, and Sex, for the United States: August, 1945, to October, 1946 [<1.0 MB]

Table 2. Reason for the Last Civilian Move of the Migrant Civilian Population, by Veteran Status, Type of Last Civilian Move, Age, and Sex, for the United States: August, 1945 to October, 1946 [<1.0 MB]

Table 3. Years of School Completed by the Civilian Population: 20 to 29 Years Old, by Migration Status, Type of Last Civilian Move, Veteran Status, and Sex, for the United States: August, 1945, to October, 1946 [<1.0 MB]

Table 4. School Enrollment of Children 7 to 15 Years Old, by Migration Status, Age, And Sex, for the United States: August, 1946, to October, 1946; Table 5. Major Occupation Group of the Civilian Labor Force 14 Years Old and Over, by Migration Status and [<1.0 MB]

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