Sunday, September 20, 2009

Michigan Diaspora


I have been reading about foreign immigrants moving to New York City all morning and I've started wondering about how many Michiganders have moved here.

My roommate and I (both from Michigan) keep running into people from our home state in the Big Apple, so I have to guess there are a lot of us. Before we both moved here, we lived in Chicago where it seemed like every other person was a Michigander.

Does anyone know how many Michiganders live in New York City?
Also, a larger question, with the highest unemployment in the country, where are Michiganders moving?

My guesses would be 1) Chicago, 2) New York City, 3) Indiana, 4) Florida, 5) Ohio.

I have been unable to find any hard data on this, although this article touches on it a bit. I feel like this would make an excellent article, so please pass forward any information you can find. Thank you!

1 comment:

Phil Molnar said...

Ok, one thing I found:

According to the New York City Department of City Planning census data: 4 percent of the city's residents in 2000 came from another state.

Too bad it doesn't say what state...