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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Demography. 2014 Jun;51(3):777–809. doi: 10.1007/s13524-014-0299-4

Table 3.

Local area population who moved, 2000

Urban High-Poverty (%) Urban Nonpoor (%) Rural High-Poverty (%)

Harlem
NYC
Eastside
Detroit
Southside
Chicago
Watts,
Los
Angeles
Bronx Queens NW
Detroit
Southwest
Chicago
Crenshaw/Bald
win Hills
East North
Carolina
Black Belt
Alabama
Delta
Louisiana
Blacks
  All Movers
    Stayed in same local area 47 47 42 47 33 32 37 40 38 76 83 80
  Movers From Outside Local Area
    From same MSA 81 87 84 92 93 92 89 90 88
    From other non-southern MSA 9 7 8 4 3 4 6 5 7 23 41 33
    From southern MSA 8 5 6 3 3 3 3 2 4 42 38 35
    From rural non-South NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 2 NA 3
    From rural South NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 33 NA 28
    From low-poverty area 7 5 7 8 7 20 11 8 13 10 10 9
    From moderate-poverty area 22 30 35 37 22 48 29 39 37 32 24 25
    From high-poverty area 38 49 24 32 34 20 39 29 27 37 41 27
    From very high-poverty area 33 15 32 22 37 12 21 24 23 21 25 38
Urban High-Poverty (%) Urban Nonpoor (%) Rural High-Poverty (%)

Cleveland Detroit West
Cleveland
Sterling
Heights
Appalachian
Kentucky
West NC Northeast
Alabama
South Central
Louisiana
Whites
  All Movers
    Stayed in same local area 49 51 47 27 83 64 75 71
  Movers From Outside Local Area
    From same MSA 74 755 62 86
    From other non-southern MSA 17 13 28 9 27 13 12 4
    From southern MSA 4 5 5 NA 22 62 63 59
    From rural non-South 3 NA 4 2 9 6 3 2
    From rural South 2 NA 1 NA 41 19 22 35
    From low-poverty area 81 70 76 87 40 77 60 38
    From moderate-poverty area 11 17 12 8 30 19 35 56
    From high-poverty area 6 7 9 3 19 3 3 NA
    From very high-poverty area 2 5 3 2 11 1 2 NA

Notes: When cell size is too small for the census to permit disclosure, the cell is labeled “NA.” Low poverty = <10 % of adults in poverty; moderate poverty = 10 % to 20 % of adults in poverty; high poverty = 20 % to 30 %; very high poverty = over 30 %.