Net Migration in the Great Plains Increasingly Linked to Natural Amenities and Suburbanization

John B. Cromartie

Rural America/ Rural Development Perspectives, 1998, vol. 13, issue 01

Abstract: Over 90 percent of counties in the Great Plains experienced an upward trend in net migration from the mid-1980’s to the mid- 1990’s, in the form of lower net outmigration, higher net inmigration, or a switch from out- to inmigration. Net outmigration persisted in sparsely settled, isolated areas and in areas where jobs depended on the extraction of energy resources. However, migration in the mid-1990’s was associated less with rural-urban location and employment and more with increased commuting from suburban fringe counties and movement to the few areas in the region with high natural amenities.

Keywords: Community/Rural/Urban; Development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1998
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.289740

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