Migration/Geographic Mobility User Notes
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User NotesASEC User Note: Update of Geographic Mobility Table Package: 2023Some updates were made for the 2023 1-year Geographic Mobility table package.
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User NotesASEC User Note: Redesign of Geographic Mobility Table Package: 2022Some revisions were made for the 2022 1-year Geographic Mobility table package.
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User NotesASEC User Note: Redesign of the CPS ASEC 5-year Detailed Table Package for Geographic Mobility: 2020Some revisions were made for the 2020 5-year Geographic Mobility table package.
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User NotesASEC User Note: Migration universes, householders, and group quartersClarifications and corrections regarding migration universes, householders, and persons in group quarters.
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User NotesASEC User Note: Redesign of the Geographic Mobility Table Package: 2021Some revisions were made for the 2021 Geographic Mobility table package.
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User NotesASEC User Note: Updates to Reasons for Moving Categories: 2020Updates to the reason for moving categories included the addition of a new category, “relationship with unmarried partner (boy/girlfriend, fiancé, etc.).”
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User NotesASEC User Note: Update and Clarification on Poverty Universe: 2020As of 2020, tables that reference poverty status include clarification about the poverty universe.
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User NotesASEC User Note: Geographic Mobility Table Package Redesign: 2020 1-yrSome revisions were made for the 2020 Geographic Mobility table package.
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User NotesASEC User Note: Clarification in the 2019 Metropolitan Migration Tables“Principal cities” and “balances of principal cities” refer to geographies within metropolitan areas. Clarifying language has been added to the 2019 tables.
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User NotesASEC User Note: Income Categories Collapsed as of 2019As of the 2019 migration table package, some income categories have been collapsed. All new categories are combinations of categories included in 2018.
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User NotesASEC User Note: Data Processing Changes: 2019 CPS ASECThe 2019 CPS ASEC Migration data products include recent CPS ASEC data processing changes.
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User NotesASEC User Note: Redesign of the Geographic Mobility Table Package: 2019Some revisions were made for the 2019 Geographic Mobility table package.
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User NotesASEC User Note: Migration Question Wording Change in 2004Before 2004, the question asked about residence on March 1 of the previous year. As of 2004, it asked about residence one year ago.
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User NotesASEC User Note: 2014 CPS ASEC SampleThe source of data for the 2014 tables is the CPS ASEC sample of 98,000 addresses.
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User NotesASEC User Note: Migration Questions 1971 through 1980The 1-year geographic mobility question was not asked from 1972 to 1975 and from 1977 to 1980.
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User NotesASEC User Note: Distance of Move Estimates from 2003 to 2005A change in processing resulted in a shift in the distribution of movers and distance moved between the 2002-2003 to 2004-2005 periods.
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User NotesASEC User Note: Potential Display Issue, Reason for Move: 2012-2015A potential display issue in the data collection instrument could have introduced response bias during the 2012-2015 CPS-ASEC data collection.
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User NotesASEC User Note: Reason for Move Write-In Expansion Recoding UpdatesThis is a revised version of a user note originally published in 2016. It includes some updates and corrections since the original user note.
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User NotesASEC User Note: Revised: Reason for Move Write-In ExpansionThis is a revised version of a user note originally published in 2016. It includes some updates and corrections since the original user note.
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User NotesASEC User Note: Corrections to CBSA Status: 2018The 2018 CPS-ASEC data include corrections to core-based statistical area (CBSA) status that were not made to some earlier data.
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User NotesASEC User Note: Changes to Some CBSA Status Descriptions: 2018The 2018 tables describe balances of metropolitan areas instead of suburbs.
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User NotesASEC User Note: College Dormitories Removed from CPS Sample: 2018As of the 2018 CPS-ASEC, college and university dormitories are no longer included in the sample.
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User NotesASEC User Note: Redesign of Geographic Mobility Table Package: 2018The number of tables for the 2018 Geographic Mobility table package was reduced, and some revisions were made.
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User NotesASEC User Note: Redesign of the CPS ASEC Detailed Table Package: 2017The number of tables for the 2017 Geographical Mobility package was reduced.
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User NotesASEC User Note: 2015 CPS ASEC 5-year Omission of Metro/Nonmetro TablesFor the 2015 CPS ASEC 5-year geographical mobility package, the metropolitan mobility detailed tables are not included.
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User NotesASEC User Note: Redesign of the CPS ASEC 5-year 2015 Detailed TablesThe number of tables for the 2015 5-year Geographical Mobility package was reduced.
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User NotesASEC User Note: Replaced: Reason for Move Write-In ExpansionThis user note has been replaced. Please see the revised version of the user note for more information.
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User NotesASEC User Note: 2015 CPS ASEC Omission of Metro/Nonmetro TablesFor the 2015 CPS ASEC geographical mobility package, the metropolitan mobility detailed tables 14 through 16 are not included.
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User NotesASEC User Note: Redesign of the 2015 CPS ASEC Detailed Table PackageThe Journey to Work and Migration Statistics Branch has produced annual tables on geographical mobility since 1947.
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User NotesCPS User Note: 2014 CPS ASEC Omission of Table 5, 10, 20, and 22The 2014 CPS ASEC included redesigned questions for income and health insurance coverage.
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User NotesCPS User Note: 2012 CPS ASEC Foreclosure/Eviction ReasonIn 2011, a foreclosure/eviction category was created from write-in responses to the reason for move question in the ASEC of the CPS.
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User NotesCPS User Note: Geographic Mobility Table Package Redesign: 2010 5-yearBeginning in 1975, the Journey to Work and Migration Branch produced mid-decade tables, years ending in 5, containing 5-year geographical mobility data.
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User NotesACS Migration Flow User Note: Omission of MCD Flows 2009 5-year ACSThe 2005-2009 5-year Migration Flow tables, March 28, 2012, don’t included records for movers among minor civil divisions within the same county.
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User NotesCPS User Note: Redesign of the 2007 CPS ASEC Detailed Table PackageThe Journey to Work and Migration Branch has produced annual tables on geographical mobility since 1947.
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User NotesCPS User Note: 2005 CPS ASEC Omission of Metro/Nonmetro TablesFor the 2005 CPS ASEC geographical mobility package, the metropolitan mobility detailed tables 22 through 29 are not included.
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User NotesCPS User Note: 2004 CPS ASEC Omission of Metro/Nonmetro TablesFor the 2004 CPS ASEC geographical mobility package, the metropolitan mobility detailed tables 22 through 29 are not included.
Page Last Revised - January 12, 2023