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Cromartie, John B. – Rural America, 2001
More people moved from nonmetro to metro areas than in the opposite direction during 1999-2000. Only the Midwest saw nonmetro growth. Nonmetro outmigration is concentrated among young adults leaving for college and jobs in cities, while inmigration among the college-educated dropped to near zero. Migration decisions of baby boomers will determine…
Descriptors: Baby Boomers, College Bound Students, College Graduates, Demography
McGranahan, David A.; Beale, Calvin L. – Rural America, 2002
A quarter of nonmetro counties lost population in the 1990s, but population loss was not related to poverty rate or low educational levels, perhaps because low-skill workers can no longer expect better wages in urban areas. Population loss was related to low population density and remoteness (which decrease access to services), lack of natural…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Attainment, Geographic Isolation, Low Income Counties
Cromartie, John – Rural America, 2002
During 1999-2001, the combined effects of far fewer rural inmigrants and many more outmigrants led to the first significant nonmetro population loss since the 1980s. The rural West showed the greatest percentage loss through migration, and only the rural Midwest showed a gain during the period. Nonmetro college graduates showed a large decline,…
Descriptors: Age Groups, Brain Drain, College Graduates, Educational Attainment
