Net domestic migration: Texas and Florida top gainers; California and NY top losers

[Euroconservativ]

The 2011 state population estimates released earlier today by the Census Bureau show that the South has retained its dominant position in both population and growth over the last year. Southern states accounted for more than one half of the nation's population growth between 2011 and 2000, despite having little more than one third of the population. Moreover, the South was the recipient of 95% of the inter-regional net domestic migration (people moving from one state to another), with the West accounting for the other 5%, with the losses split between the Northeast and the Midwest.

Overall, a net 533,000 people moved from one state to another, somewhat above the low of 503,000 in 2008 and below the 573,000 at the beginning of the previous decade (2001). The figure, however, remained less than one-half that of the mid 2000s peak.

The state data confirmed the "return to normalcy," that had been indicated by the 2010 American Community Survey data.

New Census Data Reaffirms Dominance of the South | Newgeography.com

top10 net gainers 2011:
Texas
Florida
North Carolina
Washington
Colorado
South Carolina
Tennessee
Georgia
Virginia
Oregon

top10 net gainers 2010:
Texas
North Carolina
Florida
Arizona
Colorado
South Carolina
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Washington
Kentucky

top10 net losers 2011:
New York
Illinois
California
Michigan
New Jersey
Ohio
Connecticut
Missouri
Indiana
Nevada

top10 net losers 2001-2009:
New York
California
Illinois
Michigan
New Jersey
Ohio
Louisiana
Massachusetts
Maryland
Connecticut