7.8%
2023 (latest)
MOVED RESIDENCE IN THE PRECEDING YEAR
percent of population aged 1 and older · 1948–2023 · neither direction is "better" · U.S. Census Bureau, CPS ASEC Geographic Mobility Table A-1
20.2%
1948
21.2%
high · 1951
7.8%
low · 2023
−12 pts
since 1948
┊ dashed lines mark 1979 Oil shock & inflation peak · 1987 Black Monday crash · 1991 Gulf War recession · 2001 Dot-com bust & 9/11 · 2008 Global financial crisis · 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
Method & caveats. PERCENT panel, Total movers column. Uses the later-method population-control row, listed first, for duplicate years. The current workbook reaches 2023. Its 2020-controls estimate for 2020 is 9.2%; the 2010-controls row is 9.3%. No interpolation. Breaks: Question wording changed in 2004; 1972–75 and 1977–80 lack comparable one-year estimates. 2014 ASEC redesign; 2004 question wording change; 1972–75 and 1977–80 not collected; 2020-controls revision of 2020.
Sources
Every value on this page is read from the publisher below. Current and historical source documents:
- https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/demo/tables/geographic-mobility/time-series/historic/hst_mig_a_1.xlsx
- https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/geographic-mobility/historic.html
- https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/demo/tables/geographic-mobility/time-series/historic/tab-a-1.xls
- https://github.com/danielmiessler/substrate/tree/main/Data/US-Family-And-Society
Data
| Year | Moved residence in the preceding year | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 7.8% | −0.9 pts |
| 2022 | 8.7% | +0.3 pts |
| 2021 | 8.4% | −0.8 pts |
| 2020 | 9.2% | −0.6 pts |
| 2019 | 9.8% | −0.3 pts |
| 2018 | 10.1% | −0.9 pts |
| 2017 | 11.0% | −0.2 pts |
| 2016 | 11.2% | −0.4 pts |
| 2015 | 11.6% | +0.1 pts |
| 2014 | 11.5% | −0.2 pts |
| 2013 | 11.7% | −0.3 pts |
| 2012 | 12.0% | +0.4 pts |
| 2011 | 11.6% | −0.9 pts |
| 2010 | 12.5% | +0.0 pts |
| 2009 | 12.5% | +0.6 pts |
| 2008 | 11.9% | −1.3 pts |
| 2007 | 13.2% | −0.5 pts |
| 2006 | 13.7% | −0.2 pts |
| 2005 | 13.9% | +0.2 pts |
| 2004 | 13.7% | −0.5 pts |
| 2003 | 14.2% | −0.6 pts |
| 2002 | 14.8% | +0.6 pts |
| 2001 | 14.2% | −1.9 pts |
| 2000 | 16.1% | +0.2 pts |
| 1999 | 15.9% | −0.1 pts |
| 1998 | 16.0% | −0.5 pts |
| 1997 | 16.5% | +0.2 pts |
| 1996 | 16.3% | −0.1 pts |
| 1995 | 16.4% | −0.3 pts |
| 1994 | 16.7% | −0.3 pts |
| 1993 | 17.0% | −0.3 pts |
| 1992 | 17.3% | +0.3 pts |
| 1991 | 17.0% | −0.9 pts |
| 1990 | 17.9% | +0.1 pts |
| 1989 | 17.8% | +0.0 pts |
| 1988 | 17.8% | −0.8 pts |
| 1987 | 18.6% | +0.0 pts |
| 1986 | 18.6% | −1.6 pts |
| 1985 | 20.2% | +2.9 pts |
| 1984 | 17.3% | +0.7 pts |
| 1983 | 16.6% | −0.4 pts |
| 1982 | 17.0% | −0.2 pts |
| 1981 | 17.2% | −0.5 pts |
| 1976 | 17.7% | −1.0 pts |
| 1971 | 18.7% | −0.4 pts |
| 1970 | 19.1% | +0.1 pts |
| 1969 | 19.0% | −0.5 pts |
| 1968 | 19.5% | +0.5 pts |
| 1967 | 19.0% | −0.8 pts |
| 1966 | 19.8% | −0.9 pts |
| 1965 | 20.7% | +0.6 pts |
| 1964 | 20.1% | +0.1 pts |
| 1963 | 20.0% | +0.4 pts |
| 1962 | 19.6% | −1.0 pts |
| 1961 | 20.6% | +0.7 pts |
| 1960 | 19.9% | +0.2 pts |
| 1959 | 19.7% | −0.6 pts |
| 1958 | 20.3% | +0.4 pts |
| 1957 | 19.9% | −1.2 pts |
| 1956 | 21.1% | +0.7 pts |
| 1955 | 20.4% | +1.1 pts |
| 1954 | 19.3% | −1.3 pts |
| 1953 | 20.6% | +0.3 pts |
| 1952 | 20.3% | −0.9 pts |
| 1951 | 21.2% | +2.1 pts |
| 1950 | 19.1% | −0.1 pts |
| 1949 | 19.2% | −1.0 pts |
| 1948 | 20.2% | — |
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