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    • 2014-2018 American Community Survey: Migration Flows

    Metadata Updated: July 19, 2023

    Migration flows are derived from the relationship between the location of current residence in the American Community Survey (ACS) sample and the responses given to the migration question "Where did you live 1 year ago?". There are flow statistics (moved in, moved out, and net moved) between county or minor civil division (MCD) of residence and county, MCD, or world region of residence 1 year ago. Estimates for MCDs are only available for the 12 strong-MCD states, where the MCDs have the same government functions as incorporated places. Migration flows between metropolitan statistical areas are available starting with the 2009-2013 5-year ACS dataset. Flow statistics are available by three or four variables for each dataset starting with the 2006-2010 5-year ACS datasets. The variables change for each dataset and do not repeat in overlapping datasets. In addition to the flow estimates, there are supplemental statistics files that contain migration/geographical mobility estimates (e.g., nonmovers, moved to a different state, moved from abroad) for each county, MCD, or metro area.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: Creative Commons CCZero

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    https://www.census.gov/developers/

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date July 15, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date July 19, 2023

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from Commerce Non Spatial Data.json Harvest Source

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date July 15, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date July 19, 2023
    Publisher U.S. Census Bureau
    Maintainer
    Identifier https://api.census.gov/data/id/ACSFLOWS2018
    Data Last Modified 2020-04-07 00:00:00.0
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 006:07
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    C Sorts Url http://api.census.gov/data/2018/acs/flows/sorts.json
    C Tagslink http://api.census.gov/data/2018/acs/flows/tags.json
    C Variableslink http://api.census.gov/data/2018/acs/flows/variables.json
    C Vintage 2018
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    License https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
    Program Code 006:004
    Publisher Hierarchy U.S. Government > U.S. Department Of Commerce > U.S. Census Bureau
    Related Documents https://www.census.gov/developers/
    Source Datajson Identifier True
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