More people moved across state lines in 2021 than in 2019, many to and from highly populated and neighboring states, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates released today.
Nearly 7.9 million people in the United States moved between states in 2021, up from almost 7.4 million in 2019.
Examining state-to-state migration patterns since the COVID-19 pandemic?s onset is key to understanding demographic, social and economic implications of migration during the pandemic era and beyond.
Home Alone: More Than A Quarter of All Households Have One Person
Over a quarter (27.6%) of all U.S. occupied households were one-person households in 2020, up from just 7.7% in 1940, according to recently released 2020 Census data.
The share of people living alone increased every decade from 1940 to 2020. The largest increase happened between 1970 and 1980, when the share increased from 17.6% to 22.7%.
