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To: Bread Upon The Water who wrote (241974)	1/13/2014 12:51:54 PM
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Recession slows migration from other states to Utah BY LEE DAVIDSON THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE sltrib.com PUBLISHED MAY 24, 2011 3:51 PM The recession helped reduce domestic migration to Utah from a flood to a trickle, new census estimates show. In 2009, Utah saw about 8,069 more people move here from other states than it saw move out, according to American Community Survey data released Monday. "But we had years in the last decade when net in-migration was running between 30,000 and 40,000 people a year," said state Demographer Juliette Tennert. "The economy was good here compared to other states, and people came here looking for jobs." She added, "This [latest data] definitely reflects the economic slowdown. But the fact there is still a positive net in-migration says something about Utah's economy relative to other states. But compared to the peak, there's been a slowdown." University of Utah research economist Pam Perlich said the last time Utah had more people move out than into the state was 1986. She said that historically up through the 1970s, Utah's economy had a boom-bust cycle in which people moved out during bad economic times and came in with the good. Tennert said before the 1980s, Utah's economy was largely tied to mining and natural resources —Â and the last time Utah had more people leave than move here came when Kennecott cut its copper mining operations. "But Utah's economy is more diverse these days," contributing to continuous net in-migration, she said. The new census data estimate that 90,285 people moved into Utah in 2009, while 82,216 moved out to other states — and did not include international moves. Most of the movement — in both directions — involved nearby states. The states providing the most migrants to Utah were: California, 17.3 percent of all migrants; Arizona, 11.4 percent; Idaho, 8.8 percent; Colorado, 7.7 percent; and Washington, 6.4 percent. The top five states where Utahns moved to were: California, 16.3 percent of Utahns who left; Arizona, 9.7 percent; Nevada, 6.5 percent; Colorado, 6.4 percent; and Idaho, 5.6 percent. Census data estimated that people moved to Utah in 2009 from every state except Vermont and North Dakota, and that Utahns moved to every state except Mississippi and Rhode Island. Perlich said seeing most migration between nearby states is typical. "People tend to stay relatively close. Places like California and Colorado offer bigger job centers, so it makes sense that people who leave Utah would go to them," she said. The new data also estimate that one of every six Utahns —Â 15.8 percent — moved sometime during 2009. However, 81 percent of those people stayed in Utah. That move rate was higher than the national average of 12.5 percent, and higher than the 14.7 percent rate in the West. Perlich said more Utahns may move on average in part because the state has among the youngest median ages in the nation. She said studies have shown that the median age of most people who move is about 24. "Also, Utah is a net exporter of people who we educate. A lot of young people move here to go to college, and then move away to other areas where they have ties. And students move a lot," Perlich said. The census said 48.7 percent of Americans who moved in 2009 did so for housing reasons, such as to obtain a better home; 30.3 percent moved for family reasons, such as getting married; 16.4 percent moved for job reasons; and 9.5 percent moved for other reasons. It did not provide such data on a state-by-state basis.