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Page | 6 MN STATE DEMOGRAPHIC CENTER JANUARY 2015 <br />Domestic and International Migration <br />It is helpful to break the population figures from migration into its two component parts: domestic migration— <br />occurring between Minnesota and other U.S. states—and international migration—between Minnesota and <br />other countries outside the U.S. The impetus for moving may differ in important ways between the two groups, <br />and each tells a different story for Minnesota’s migration patterns in recent years. <br />As Figure 4 shows, between 1991 and 2001 <br />Minnesota’s domestic net migration was consistently <br />positive. During the 1990s, the state experienced low <br />unemployment rates compared with the U.S. overall, <br />and this may help explain why it attracted more people <br />from around the U.S. However, since 2002, <br />Minnesota’s has consistently lost more people to other <br />U.S. states than it has gained, despite experiencing <br />strong relative economic indicators again in the past <br />several years. (Since 2009, Minnesota’s annual <br />unemployment rate has been 1.2 to 2.5 percentage <br />points lower than the U.S. as a whole)iii. <br /> <br /> 15,500 <br /> 8,500 <br /> 2,000 <br /> 6,000 <br />1990-1999 2000-2007 2008-2010 2011-2014 <br />Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program. Note: 2000 data were interpolated. <br /> <br />Figure 3: Total Net Migration for Minnesota, 1990-2014 <br />(Annual Average Within Time Period) <br /> <br /> <br />Figure 4: Minnesota's Net Migration, By International And Domestic Components, 1991-2014 <br /> <br />-10,000 <br />-5,000 <br />0 <br />5,000 <br />10,000 <br />15,000 <br />20,000 <br />25,000 <br />199119921993199419951996199719981999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014International Net Domestic Net Total Net Migration <br />Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program. Note: Data for 2009-2010 was unavailable and so interpolated. <br />