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The Shifting Pattern of Black Migration From and Into the Nonmetropolitan South, 1965-95 By Glenn Fuguitt, John Fulton, and Calvin Beale ERS RDRR No. RDRR93. , December 2001 This report measures the amount of Black migration from and to the nonmetropolitan parts of the South from 1965-70 to 1990-95. Data are shown for 1990-95 for two key characteristics of the migrants--education and income. Comparisons are also made with the non-Black population, and population trends for 1990 to 2000 are examined for counties with a large proportion of Black residents. Keywords: migration, black population, south, rural, nonmetropolitan In this report ... Chapters are in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. Contents, 16 kb Abstract, 16 kb Summary, 18 kb Introduction, 21 kb Data, 18 kb Recent Black Migration Change, 27 kb Blacks Compared With Others, 24 kb Characteristics of Migration Streams, 26 kb The South Atlantic States and the Rest of the South Compared, 25 kb Black Population Trends, 22 kb Conclusion, 21 kb References, 22 kb Entire Report, 80 kb Order this report (stock #ERSRDRR93) web administration: webadmin@ers.usda.gov page updated: February 6, 2002

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