[~] Gain 

 ^ Loss 



'Maf 15. — States showing a loss or gain by interstate migration 



Arrows indicate 

 the trend of 

 migration 



Map 16.— The general trend of interstate :\riGRATiON 



The above two maps sliow tliat tlie general trend of migration within tlie United States is from 

 east to west and generally in about the same latitude. Naturally on the Pacific Coast there is a slight 

 counter migration inland. On the whole nearly all of the eastern states show a loss and the western 

 states a gain by interstate migration 



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