Approximately 70 Million persons in April, 1947, were not living in the same house in which they had lived on April 1, 1940, according to estimates issued today by J.C. Capt, Director, Bureau of Census, Department of Commerce. Some 44 million persons had changed houses within the same county, 13 million had changed counties within the same State, and 12 million had changed their State of residence between 1940 and 1947. Probably never before in the history of the United States has there been internal population movement of such magnitude as in the past seven eventful years.

Tables

Table 1. Migration Status and Type of Migration of the Population, by Urban-Rural Residence, Color, and Sex, for the United States: Civilian Population, April, 1947, and Total Population, April, 1940. [<1.0 MB]

Table 2. Migration Status and Type of Migration of the Population Born on or Before the Beginning of the Migration Period, by Age and Sex, for the United States: Civilian Population, April, 1947, and Total Population, April, 1940. [<1.0 MB]

Table 3. Migration Status and Type of Migration of the Male Population 18 Years Old and Over, by Veteran Status and Age, for the United States: Civilian Population, April, 1947; Table 4. Farm Residence in 1947 by Farm Residence in 1940 of the Civilian Po [<1.0 MB]

Table 5. Farm Residence in 1947 by Farm Residence in 1940 of the Civilian Population 18 Years Old and Over, by Migration Status, Type of Migration, Veteran Status, and Sex, for the United States: April, 1947; Table 6. Migration Status and Type of Migratio [<1.0 MB]

Table 8. Migration Status and Type of Migration of the Civilian Population in the South Born on or Before April 1, 1940, by Color and Sex: April, 1947; Table 9. Years of School Completed by the Civilian Population 20 Years Old and Over, by Migration Stat [<1.0 MB]

Table 10. Employment Status and Major Occupation Group of the Civilian Population 14 Years Old and Over, by Migration Status, Type of Migration, and Sex, for the United States: April, 1947. [<1.0 MB]

Table 11. Household Status and Migration Status of the Civilian Population Born on or Before April 1, 1940, by Marital Status Status, Age, and Sex, for the United States: April, 1947. [<1.0 MB]

Table 12. Tenure of Home and Migration Status of Heads of Households, by Type of Migration, Marital Status, and Sex, for the United States: Civilian Population, April, 1947. [<1.0 MB]

Table 13. Type of Housing and Migration Status of the Civilian Population Born on or Before April 1, 1940, by Type of Migration and Sex, for the United States: April, 1947. [<1.0 MB]

A Note on Language

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