If people are willing to move long distances to an area, it’s a good sign that things there are going well.
New migration data published by the Internal Revenue Service, based on tax returns filed in 2013 and 2014, shows where Americans are moving to or from at the county level. We’ve identified the top migration flows occurring over more than 200 miles.
Nationally, domestic migration rates remain near historic lows, and when Americans do move, they generally stay within a metropolitan region. But some of the nation’s most populated counties attract large numbers of people from far away each year. For example, more than 9,800 people moved from Los Angeles County, Calif., to Clark County, Nev. (Las Vegas) — the top year-over-year migration flow over a long distance — while about 5,700 moved in the opposite direction.
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BY MIKE MACIAG | NOVEMBER 2015