According to estimates from the March 1977 Current Population Survey (CPS), the Northeast region had net outmigration of blacks from March 1975 to March 1977. The survey asked respondents where they have lived in March 1975, and the data indicated that during this 2-year period, 43,000 Blacks 2 years old and over moved to the Northeast and 147,000 moved from the region, giving it a net outmigration of 104,000 Blacks 2 years old and over.

From 1960 to 1970 and in most decades since the Civil War the Northeast had net inmigration of Blacks; thus, the change to net outmigration since 1970 represents an alteration of a long-standing pattern of migration among Blacks. 1 This change in the Northeast's pattern of net migration of Blacks comes about as a result of both fewer Blacks moving to the region and more Blacks leaving the region.2

Like the Northeast, the North Central region has experienced changes in Black migration patterns in recent years. In the period from March 1975 to March 1977, as in 1970 to 1975, the number of Blacks moving to the North Central region was not significantly different from the number of Blacks moving from the region. This approximate equality in the number of Blacks moving to and from the region represents a substantial change since the 1960's, When the region had a large net inmigration of Blacks.3

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1 U.S. Bureau of the Census, Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970, Bicentennial Edition, Part 1. Washington, D.C.: U.S: Government Printing Office, 1975.
2 U.S. Bureau of the Census, Current Population Reports, Series P-20, No. 285, "Mobility of the Population of the United States: March 1970 to March 1975." Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1975.
3 U.S. Bureau of the Census. Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970, Bicentennial. Edition, Part 1. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1975.

Tables

Table 1. Detailed Mobility, by Sex, Race, and Spanish Orgin. [<1.0 MB]

Table 2. General Mobility, by Race, Region, and Type of Residence; Table 3. Mobility and Region of Residence at Both Dates, by Race. [<1.0 MB]

Table 4. Detailed Mobility, by Age and Sex. [<1.0 MB]

Table 5. General Mobility, by Sex and Single Years of Age. [<1.0 MB]

Table 6. General Mobility, by Region and Age. [<1.0 MB]

Table 7. Region of Residence at Both Dates, by Age and Race. [<1.0 MB]

Table 8. Metropolitan Mobility, by Race and Region. [<1.0 MB]

Table 9. Metropolitian Mobility, by Age, Sex, and Relationship to Head of Household. [<1.0 MB]

Table 10. Central City Mobility, by Age, Sex, and Relationship to Head of Household. [<1.0 MB]

Table 11. Metropolitan Mobility for Families, by Sex of Family Head and Age; Table 12. Central City Mobility for Families, by Sex of Family Head and Age; Table 13. General Mobility for Families, by Sex of Family Head and Age. [<1.0 MB]

Table 14. Metropolitan Mobility for Family Heads, by Age of Head and Ages and Number of Own Children Under 18. [<1.0 MB]

Table 15. Central City Mobility for Family Heads, by Age of Head and Ages and Number of Own Children Under 18. [<1.0 MB]

Table 16. Metropolitan Mobility for Heads of Husband-wife Families, by Age of Head, Family Income, and Number of Own Children Under 18 [<1.0 MB]

Table 17. Central City Mobility for Heads of Husband-wife Families, by Age of Head, Family Income, and Number of Own Children Under 18. [<1.0 MB]

Table 18. General Mobility for Heads of Husband-wife Families, by Age of Head, Family Income, and Number of Own Children Under 18. [<1.0 MB]

Table 19. Metropolitan Mobility for Heads of Husband-wife Families, by Age of Head and Number of Own Children Under 2. [<1.0 MB]

Table 20. Central City Mobility for Heads of Husband-wife Families, by Age of Head and Number of Own Children Under 2. [<1.0 MB]

Table 21. General Mobility for Heads of Husband-wife Families, by Age, and Number of Own Children Under 2. [<1.0 MB]

Table 22. Metropolitan Mobility, by Age, Sex, and Years of School Completed. [<1.0 MB]

Table 23. Central City Mobility, by Age, Sex, and Years of School Completed. [<1.0 MB]

Table 24. General Mobility, by Age, Sex, and Years of School Completed. [<1.0 MB]

Table 25. Metropolitan mobility, by race, Spanish origin, and years of school completed; Table 26. Central-city mobility, by race, Spanish origin, and years of school completed. [<1.0 MB]

Table 27. General Mobility, by Age, Sex, Marital Status, and Employment Status. [<1.0 MB]

Table 28. Metropolitan Mobility, by Age, Sex, Marital Status, Employment Status, and Major Occupation Group. [1.4 MB]

Table 29. Metropolitan Mobility, by Sex, Race, Spanish Origin, Employment Status, and Major Occupation Group. [<1.0 MB]

Table 30. Central City Mobility, by Age, Sex, Employment Status, and Major Occupation Group. [<1.0 MB]

Table 31. Central City Mobility, by Sex, Race, Spanish Origin, Employment Status, and Major Occupation Group. [<1.0 MB]

Table 32. Metropolitan Mobility for Males, by Age, Marital Status, and Income. [<1.0 MB]

Table 33. Central City Mobility for Males, by Age, Marital Status, and Income. [<1.0 MB]

Table 34. Metropolitan Mobility for Family Heads, by Race, Age, Sex, and Receipt of Public Assistance. [<1.0 MB]

Table 35. Detailed Mobility for Family Heads, by Sex, Race, Region, and Receipt of Public Assistance. [<1.0 MB]

Table 36. Metropolitan Mobility, by Age, Race, Family Status, Region, and Proverty Status. [2.4 MB]

Table 37. Nonmovers and Movers to SMSA's, by Size of SMSA and Selected Characteristics. [<1.0 MB]

Table 38. Movers from SMSA's, by Size of SMSA and Selected Characteristics. [<1.0 MB]

Table 39. Detailed Mobility, Inmigrants, and Outmigrants, by Region and Race. [<1.0 MB]

Table 40. Movers Within and Between States, and Inmigrants and Outmigrants for Each Region, by Selected Characteristics. [<1.0 MB]

Others in Series

Publication

Geographical Mobility: March 1975 to March 1976

January 1977

17.1% of the 208,069,000 persons one year old and over living in the United States in March 1976 were living at a different address one year earlier.

Publication

Marital Status and Living Arrangements: March 1976

January 1977

Detailed tabulations provide statistics on the marital status and living arrangements of the United States population using data from the 1976 CPS.

Publication

Voting and Registration in the Election of November 1976

March 1978

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