Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Arizona's newest residents are coming from ...

The article, Most of Arizona's newest residents are coming from these places, from the Phoenix Business Journal, reports that Arizona is a long way from building its economy from new homes, as was the case over the last 50 years. The growth rate is still about half what it should be, but data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows that the rate of new move-ins is moving in the right direction after a couple of down years. Nearly 251,000 people moved into Arizona from other states and countries. The combined in-migration of foreign residents was the top source for move-ins in 2014 with 38,246 setting up households in Arizona. California was the largest state contributing new population, sending Arizona 33,854 people. Texas, Colorado and Oregon round out the top five states. In-migration was up nearly 11 percent in 2014 over 2013. The growth represents a 17 percent increase over 2010. 
Top sources of in-migration to Arizona 2014:
Source
In-migration
Foreign country
38,246 
California
33,854 
Texas
16,521 
Colorado
12,287 
Oregon
5,264 
Washington
5,971 
New Mexico
6,117 
Nevada
7,818 
Utah
8,147 
Florida
3,907 
New York
2,649 
Georgia
2,554 
Total
250,826