Dimensions of Population Redistribution in the United States since 1950

In: Social science quarterly, Band 61, Heft 3-4, S. 508-523

Abstract

Temporal shifts in growth rates in the US are analyzed at three levels, using census data for 1950, 1960, & 1970, & 1975 Census Bureau estimates: regional, metropolitan status, & size of place. Deconcentration has occurred at each level of aggregation in recent periods. Shifts in the rates of growth of metropolitan & nonmetropolitan areas are most dramatic, followed by shifts of size of place, with regional shifts being quite modest. 4 Tables, 1 Figure. Modified HA.