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Net migration change and components of change, metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, 2019–22

by John Cromartie
2/22/2024

Population & Migration

Vertical bar chart showing net migration change and components of change in metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas between 2019 and 2022.

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After a decade of population loss, rural U.S. population is growing again, spurred by the increase in remote work that followed the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Rural net migration rates rose to 0.47 percent in 2020–21.

Net migration change and components of change, metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, 2019–22

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