Pennsylvania Has One of Nation’s Highest Percentages of Residents Born in State

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A chart detailing patterns of migration between states since the start of the last century shows that Pennsylvania has one of the highest percentages of residents born in state, write Gregor Aisch, Robert Gebeloff, and Kevin Quealy for The New York Times.

The number has been fluctuating between 73 and 84 percent since 1900, which is significantly higher than most other states. California, for example, has an average of just 50 percent of residents born in state.

Also, the number of residents born in Pennsylvania has remained relatively constant, compared to other states that are recording huge changes. In the same period, Florida went down from 65 percent to 36 percent.

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The number of Pennsylvania residents born outside the U.S. has shrunk from 19 percent in 1910 to four percent in the 1990s. This figure, however, is now growing, as it has reached eight percent at the start of this decade.

Pennsylvania has seen an exodus since 1980, with more than a quarter-million people leaving the state. However, this has more than been made up by the half-million residents coming in from neighboring New York, New Jersey, and Maryland.

Read more about Pennsylvania’s migration patterns in The New York Times by clicking here.

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