Employment Deconcentration in the Nonmetropolitan Migration Turnaround

Recent trends in nonmetropolitan migration: toward a new turnaround?

An attempt is made to review migration trends in the United States over the past 30 years. The emphasis is on changes in migration patterns between metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas. "Annual net migration estimates are examined, considering the changing metropolitan-nonmetropolitan differential, and differences across geographic and functional county types in nonmetropolitan areas. Some di...

Under-employment and rural migration in iran

Recent population trends in nonmetropolitan cities and villages: from the turnaround, through reversal, to the rebound.

"The purpose of this study is to track and contrast the patterns of local concentration and deconcentration in nonmetropolitan America between 1950 and 1996. We consider the growth of places by initial size as well as the growth of population living in the countryside or in unincorporated hamlets.... To determine how widespread and consistent the trends are, we compare patterns of growth by nea...

Migration of Retirement-Age Blacks to Nonmetropolitan Areas in the 1990s*

Older blacks migrated to nonmetropolitan (nonmetro) communities in the 1990s to a degree not true of the past. Some of the nonmetro counties that attracted them are well-known retirement areas also favored by other retirees, mostly whites. Two-thirds of black retirement counties, however, are areas in the Old South that are not attracting other retirees at a substantial rate, if at all. Althoug...

D. A Comparison of Occupational Employment and Wages in Metropolitan Areas and Nonmetropolitan Areas

Less than 20 percent of all people work in nonmetropolitan areas in the United States, and their average hourly wage is over $3 less than that of people in metropolitan areas. However, by occupation, the concentration of workers and their wages in nonmetropolitan areas vary considerably from the national averages. Overall average salaries are higher in metropolitan areas than in nonmetropolitan...