Thousands of People Moved to the Rural South During the First Year of the Pandemic. Where Did They Come From?

By on 8.31.23 in Migration, NC in Focus

Thousands of People Moved to the Rural South During the First Year of the Pandemic. Where Did They Come From? by Sarah Melotte, The Daily Yonder August 24, 2023 Out of all the people who moved from larger cities to rural areas in 2021, two-thirds wound up living in the rural South, a Daily Yonder analysis of IRS data shows. Southern rural counties attracted 65% of the people who moved from metropolitan to nonmetropolitan counties…

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