Table 1.
Interstate Migration Patterns for Various Age Groups, by Source and Census Year
| Elderly (ages 65+) migration rate (%) |
Nonelderly (ages 5–64 years) migration rate (%) |
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| Year | Census | IPUMS | Census | IPUMS |
| 1970 | 3.66 | 3.68 | 9.51 | 9.20 |
| 1980 | 4.27 | 4.45 | 10.80 | 10.63 |
| 1990 | 4.03 | 4.35 | 10.86 | 10.43 |
| 2000 | 4.07 | 4.28 | 9.68 | 9.67 |
| Average rate | 4.01 | 4.19 | 10.21 | 9.98 |