Metro Atlanta is the eighth most-popular metro destination for migrants, according to new U.S. Census Bureau data.
The U.S. Census Bureau uses a basic formula to determine migration patterns for metros. It counts the number of people moving into a given market from anywhere else (whether another country, a different state or another part of the same state) and then subtracts the people who leave.
According to an On Numbers analysis of the data, Atlanta added about 82 migrants to its population every day between July 2010 and July 2011. In total, metro Atlanta added a 29,789 net migrants — 17,370 international and 12,419 domestic.
Miami-Fort Lauderdale emerged as the big winner with a migration surplus of 71,406 between July 1, 2010, and July 1, 2011, based on the Census Bureau’s latest estimates. This equated to 196 migrants every day.
The South Florida market had a nearly perfect balance between its net international (35,215) and net domestic (36,191) migration. Those figures indicate that more people moved to Miami-Fort Lauderdale from other nations and other parts of America than left for those destinations.
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The top 10 destinations for migrants:
- Miami
- Dallas
- Washington, D.C.
- Houston
- Austin, Texas
- Tampa, Fla.
- Seattle
- Atlanta
- Denver
- Riverside, Calif.