ABSTRACT 



This report examines patterns of net migration by age and race to 

 metropolitan and nonraetropolitan areas of the Northeast Region and 

 individual states from 1960 to 1970- Recent net migration trends from 

 1970 to 1976 are also discussed and policy implications for the Region 

 are presented. The differential consequences of net migration to 

 nonraetropolitan areas adjacent and nonadjacent to SMSA's are evaluated in 

 terms of the meaning of a new rural renaissance for this Region and the 

 nation. 



KEY WORDS: Population, Migration, Metropolitan, Nonmetropolitan, 

 Demographic Characteristics 



