Twenty-eight million persons, or about 1 out of every 5, in April, 1949, were living in a different house from the one they had lived in a year earlier, according to the results of a sample survey announced today by Roy. V. Peel, Director, Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce. Of the 28 million, 19 million had moved within a county, 4 million had changed county of residence within a State, another 4 million had moved from one State to another, and half a million had been living abroad a year earlier. There is some evidence of a sligh decline in migration between April, 1948, and April, 1949, as compared either with that between April, 1947, and April, 1948, or between August, 1945, and August, 1946 (the year following V-J Day)

Tables

Table 2. Migration Status and Type of Migration of the Civilian Population, Born on or Before April 1, 1948, by Urban-Rural Residence and Sex, for the United States: April, 1949 Table 3. Migration Status and Type of Migration of the Civilian Population [<1.0 MB]

Table 5. Farm Residence in 1949 by Farm Residence in 1948 of the Civilian Population Born on of Before April, 1948, by Migration Status, Type of Migration, Age, and Sex, for the United States: April, 1949. [<1.0 MB]

Table 6. Migration Status of the Female Civilian Population 14 Years Old and Over, by Age, Marital Status, and Number of Own Children Under 18 Years of Age: April, 1949. [<1.0 MB]

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