United States: net migration of farm population 1921-1970

Published by Statista Research Department, Dec 27, 2007
From 1921 until 1970, the number of people migrating away from farms was higher than the number of people moving to farms in almost every year. The only times where the farming population saw higher immigration than emigration were during the Great Depression and after the Second World War.

Net migration of the United States farm population 1921 to 1970 (in 1,000s)

CharacteristicNet change in thousands
1970 -642
1969 -198
1968 -481
1967 -793
1966 -858
1965 -703
1964 -533
1963 -1,086
1962 -646
1961 -1,000
1960 -1,142
1959 -740
1958 -748
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December 2007

Region

United States

Survey time period

1921 to 1970

Supplementary notes

Figures are based on the reclassification of residence, where the population moving from farms is subtracted from the population moving to farms. Changes in births and deaths are not a factor.

*Alaska included from 1949. Hawaii included from 1950.

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