County Net Migration Rates by Age, Sex and Race/Ethnicity, 1990 to 2000: Methodology and Outcomes

Paul R. Voss, University of Wisconsin at Madison
Scott C. McNiven, University of Wisconsin at Madison
Glenn V. Fuguitt, University of Wisconsin at Madison
Kenneth M. Johnson, Loyola University Chicago

This paper discusses the production of age-sex-race/ethnicity county-level net migration numbers and rates for the U.S. for the intercensal period 1990 to 2000. These data, derived using a basic residual methodology, represent the fifth such set of county net migration numbers and rates. The net migration data for the 1990s are shown for five-year age groupings (0-4, 5-9,…, 85+), by sex (male, female), and by race/ethnicity (race: white, black, all other; ethnicity: Hispanic, nonHispanic). A brief introduction to the methodology used for the 1990s net migration numbers and rates is given. These data will be placed in the public domain, will be accessible through the internet and will be linked to similar net migration data for earlier decades. A version of this paper, planned for publication, will serve as the basic reference to these data when used by the demographic research community.