Out-migration rates in rural counties declined with onset of COVID-19 pandemic

Line chart showing median annual county out-migration rates per 10,000 people during the first 3 years of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

After years of population decline, rural net migration rates in the first year of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic (2020–21) were positive, indicating more people were moving into rural areas than out of them.


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