Table 17: Number of Migrants and Percent of Population 5 Years of Age and Older Migrating for the United States and States in the United States, 1995 to 2000 ___________________________________________________________________________ Migrants ______________________ US/State Number Percent ___________________________________________________________________________ United States 29,585,306 11.3 Alabama 740,763 17.8 Alaska 151,447 26.1 Arizona 1,192,472 25.1 Arkansas 546,592 21.9 California 5,944,609 18.9 Colorado 1,317,682 32.9 Connecticut 532,706 16.7 Delaware 135,660 18.5 District of Columbia 143,428 26.6 Florida 3,825,328 25.4 Georgia 2,253,693 29.7 Hawaii 195,927 17.3 Idaho 316,502 26.4 Illinois 1,978,276 17.1 Indiana 1,102,833 19.5 Iowa 542,613 19.8 Kansas 583,986 23.4 Kentucky 731,558 19.4 Louisiana 683,628 16.5 Maine 211,072 17.5 Maryland 1,107,559 22.4 Massachusetts 1,116,355 18.7 Michigan 1,637,417 17.7 Minnesota 1,039,911 22.6 Mississippi 501,260 19.0 Missouri 1,193,478 22.8 Montana 202,318 23.9 Nebraska 349,344 21.9 Nevada 593,897 32.0 New Hampshire 258,833 22.3 New Jersey 1,530,406 19.5 New Mexico 370,066 21.9 New York 2,911,167 16.4 North Carolina 1,854,339 24.7 North Dakota 129,200 21.4 Ohio 1,711,527 16.1 Oklahoma 756,953 23.5 Oregon 839,315 26.2 Pennsylvania 1,708,780 14.8 Rhode Island 172,908 17.6 South Carolina 814,838 21.7 South Dakota 163,020 23.2 Tennessee 1,109,706 20.9 Texas 4,491,762 23.3 Utah 487,007 24.1 Vermont 113,250 19.7 Virginia 1,968,850 29.7 Washington 1,314,819 23.9 West Virginia 266,974 15.6 Wisconsin 952,630 19.0 Wyoming 113,997 24.6 ___________________________________________________________________________ Note: Migrants are defined as persons who were in a different residence in 2000 than in 1995 and for whom the 2000 residence was in a different county or country than their residence in 1995; that is, a migrant is one who in moving crosses a county boundary in the United States or who comes to the United States from another nation. The total number of migrants in this table thus includes both domestic migrants and international migrants.