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    [OC] US State Population % by Place of Birth (2024)


    Graphic by me created in Excel, data source is the US Census bureau here: https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/geographic-mobility/state-of-residence-place-of-birth-acs.html

    WHAT DOES THIS GRAPHIC MEAN?

    For example – of all the people living in Nevada in 2024…only 28% of them were born in Nevada, 50% of them were born in other US states or territories (including DC, PR, etc), and 20% of them were born in other countries (foreign born).

    Mildly interesting facts:

    – In 14 states, less than half of the current residents were born in that state. In Nevada and Florida, only about 1 in 3 current residents were born there.

    – 3 States have more people born out of country than out of state – California, New York, and New Jersey.

    – West Virginia has the highest % of US born residents, with only 2.5% of residents being foreign born.

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    16 Comments

    1. TA-MajestyPalm on

      Graphic by me created in Excel, data source is the US Census bureau here: https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/geographic-mobility/state-of-residence-place-of-birth-acs.html

      WHAT DOES THIS GRAPHIC MEAN?

      For example – of all the people living in Nevada in 2024…only 28% of them were born in Nevada, 50% of them were born in other US states or territories (including DC, PR, etc), and 20% of them were born in other countries (foreign born).

      Mildly interesting facts:

      – In 14 states, less than half of the current residents were born in that state. In Nevada and Florida, only about 1 in 3 current residents were born there.

      – 3 States have more people born out of the country than out of state – California, New York, and New Jersey. Based on a recent graphic I also created, [domestic residents continue to leave these states.](https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/s/QsjDLx0o0W)

      – West Virginia has the highest % of US born residents, with only 2.5% of residents being foreign born.

    2. Low_Cut_368 on

      Not sure I would’ve expected NV to be in the Top 5 States with the highest foreign born population

      NY/NJ/CA sure, FL fine, but NV? Are they mainly Latin Americans? Can’t imagine a lot of career expats or general immigrants moving to Vegas

    3. PandaDerZwote on

      As a non-US citizen, whats the deal with Louisiana that nobody wants to move there?
      Poor + Swampy + No economic boom like Texas?

    4. vtTownie on

      California and New York are kinda crazy, I feel like I would have expected way more out of state born

    5. perldawg on

      i think this presentation would be improved by adding the state names to the right side of the visualization

    6. CantFindMyWallet on

      Pretty stunning to see that only 13.44% of NY residents are from other US states. I feel like I knew so many people who moved to New York growing up.

    7. miclugo on

      It’s hard to tell from this, but there doesn’t seem to be much correlation between the percent born in other states and the percent foreign born. That is not what I expected.

    8. shwaynebrady on

      The Midwest is clearly the most dominant region for residents choosing to stay. I wonder why that is.

    10. BallsDeepTillUQueef on

      As someone who was born in Louisiana. Im going to die here but theres no reason for anyone to move here.

    11. Schuesselpflanze on

      Those 2.something% of foreign Born people in West Virginia are German grannies born 1930-1940 in Germany, their families fled the Nazis

    12. Fair-Bike9986 on

      Not only do few Americans move to Louisiana, we are less likely to leave, because we cannot find our culture across state lines. If we leave, we leave everything we know. So many stay forever.

    14. MattieShoes on

      Colorado at 12% foreign-born is nothing compared to those coastal states, but quite high compared to other landlocked states.

    15. MajesticBread9147 on

      So places near the top either had a lot of population gain after air conditioning (basically everywhere south of Virginia), has a lot of retirees, or a lot of workers who move there for resource extraction or similar transient jobs.

    16. Badgerman97 on

      9% of the population of MN is foreign born. Well, that’s the obvious place to send thousands of federal agents, isn’t it?