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Page | 12 MN STATE DEMOGRAPHIC CENTER JANUARY 2015 Migration Patterns By Age: Young Minnesotans Are Most Likely To Be Footloose A person’s age greatly influences the likelihood that he or she will relocate, both within and outside the state. One might expect that the ages often associated with two prominent transitions in life, leaving for college and retirement, would yield a high degree of mobility (moving of any type) and migration (moving across state or national lines) among Minnesotans. However, this is true of only the former group—the young adults. Among all age groups, the likelihood of moving within the state is actually the lowest among 65- to 74-year-old residents, with only about 3% swapping Minnesota homes in the course of a year (see Figure 10). And while this group does exhibit some degree of domestic migration, the likelihood of moving out of state is low and somewhat offset by newcomers of the same age. On average, 1.0% of 65- to 74-year-olds leave Minnesota each year for another state, while an average of 0.8% percent of this age group arrived in Minnesota from another state in the past year. Curiously, the 60- to 64-year-old cohort exhibits slightly higher out-migration (1.1%) and slightly lower in-migration (0.6%) than that group. Yet because those early 60-somethings9 contain entirely Baby Boomers, they are much more numerous than the group following them; consequently these percentages translate into greater numbers of people coming and going. Looking across the age spectrum, young adults in their late teens and 20s are the demographic most responsible for Minnesota’s mobility and migration patterns. As Figure 10 shows, 30 percent or more of Minnesotans age 19-25 makes a change of address inside of Minnesota, generally leaving the home of their parent(s), often in exchange for a residence and community associated with their pursuit of post-secondary education or training, or entrance into the labor market. This mobility is to be expected as a natural part of the life course. 9 During years 2008-2012, the years of the dataset used for this analysis. Figure 10: Percent of Minnesota Residents Moving Within Minnesota, or Migrating In Or Out Of Minnesota, By Single Year of Age, 2008-2012 Source: IPUMS version of U.S. Census Bureau’s 2008-2012 American Community Survey. Tabulations by MN State Demographic Center. 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 1 5 9 13 17 21 25 29 33 37 41 45 49 53 57 61 65 69 73 77 81 85 89 AGE Moved Within MN Moved To MN From Another State Left MN For Another State Moved To MN From Abroad