On the basis of the preceding analysis, the following generaliza- 

 tions may be made about the Northeast Region from 1960 to 1970: 



1) Both metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas had a net inmigration 

 and nonmetropolitan net inmigration in the Northeast was the 

 largest in the nation. 



2) Metropolitan net inmigration was due primarily to nonwhite 

 movement in these areas. 



3) Nonmetropolitan net inmigration was due primarily to white move- 

 ment in these areas. 



4) There was a substantial net outmigration from metropolitan areas 

 of white persons 20-24 years of age and a net inmigration of 

 nonwhites in this age group. 



5) There was a substantial net inmigration to nonmetropolitan areas 

 of white persons of all ages except the 20 years olds, which had 

 a net outmigration. 



6) For nonmetropolitan areas in Northern New England, only Maine 

 reported a net outmigration. 



7) For nonmetropolitan areas in Southern New England, only Rhode 

 Island reported a net outmigration. 



8) For nonmetropolitan areas in the Middle Atlantic, only Pennsylvania 

 reported a net outmigration. 



9) For nonmetropolitan areas, only New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and 

 New Jersey reported a net inmigration of young persons 20-24 years 

 of age. 



PATTERNS OF MIGRATION (1970-1976) 



While these patterns are useful in understanding net migration patterns 

 In the Northeast during the 1960's, additional data are required to deter- 

 mine if recent trends during the 1970' s have remained the same or have 

 changed. Unfortunately, the detailed data on age and race by residential 

 status for the Northeast Region and individual states are not available for 

 noncensual years. There are, however, recent estimates of the population 

 of states by metropolitan residence, and these data have been analyzed by 

 Calvin L. Beale, Population Studies Program, of the Economics, Statistics, 

 and Cooperatives Service, United States Department of Agriculture. The 

 following analysis of recent net migration patterns in the Northeast draws 

 heavily on this previous work by Beale. 



Table 8 presents total population change and net migration to metro- 

 politan and nonmetropolitan areas in the Northeast from 1970 to 1976. At 

 the national level during this period, nonmetropolitan areas grew in 

 population at almost twice the rate (8.0 percent) as the metropolitan popu- 

 lation (4.7 percent). The United States is still predominantly metropolitan 

 but from 1970 to 1976 the net migration flows are predominantly toward 

 nonmetropolitan areas, with 2,255,000 more persons moving Into those 

 areas than moving out. It may be recalled that during the decade of the 

 1960's, nonmetropolitan areas in the United States experienced a net out- 

 migration of over 1.7 million persons and therefore the reversal of net 

 migration flows into nonmetropolitan areas since 1970 represents a major 



