Immigrant Concentration and Domestic Migrant Dispersal: Is Movement to Nonometropolitan Areas "White flight"? Export

@article{citeulike:3334557, abstract = {This article examines linkages between recent domestic out-migration from immigrant gateway metropolitan areas and nonmetropolitan migration gains, based on data of the 1990 census, 1996 Current Population Survey, and population estimates for the 1990–1996 period from the Bureau of Census. Our analysis of these data suggests that there is a mirror image of migration patterns between high immigration metropolitan area losses and nonmetropolitan area gains. This is especially evident in the West with the relationship between Los Angeles and San Francisco areas' losses on the one hand, and the region's nonmetropolitan gains on the other. While pre-elderly and elderly retirees have contributed to these nonmetropolitan gains, much of it is attributable to the destination choices of suburban-like populations—Whites with children, not college educated, and with lower incomes—that have been leaving high immigration metropolitan areas. This new, more dispersed form of “White flight” holds the potential for reinvigorating smaller, nonmetropolitan communities, but creating, as well, new demographic divisions across space.}, author = {Frey, William H. and Liaw, Kao-Lee}, citeulike-article-id = {3334557}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/0033-0124.00116}, doi = {10.1111/0033-0124.00116}, journal = {The Professional Geographer}, keywords = {gg339, immigration, migration, nonmetro, race, rural, white\_flight}, number = {2}, pages = {215--232}, posted-at = {2008-09-25 03:39:18}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Routledge}, title = {Immigrant Concentration and Domestic Migrant Dispersal: Is Movement to Nonometropolitan Areas "White flight"?}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/0033-0124.00116}, volume = {50}, year = {1998} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3334557 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3334557 N2 - This article examines linkages between recent domestic out-migration from immigrant gateway metropolitan areas and nonmetropolitan migration gains, based on data of the 1990 census, 1996 Current Population Survey, and population estimates for the 1990–1996 period from the Bureau of Census. Our analysis of these data suggests that there is a mirror image of migration patterns between high immigration metropolitan area losses and nonmetropolitan area gains. This is especially evident in the West with the relationship between Los Angeles and San Francisco areas' losses on the one hand, and the region's nonmetropolitan gains on the other. While pre-elderly and elderly retirees have contributed to these nonmetropolitan gains, much of it is attributable to the destination choices of suburban-like populations—Whites with children, not college educated, and with lower incomes—that have been leaving high immigration metropolitan areas. This new, more dispersed form of “White flight” holds the potential for reinvigorating smaller, nonmetropolitan communities, but creating, as well, new demographic divisions across space. IS - 2 JF - The Professional Geographer EP - 232 TI - Immigrant Concentration and Domestic Migrant Dispersal: Is Movement to Nonometropolitan Areas "White flight"? PB - Routledge VL - 50 SP - 215 KW - gg339 KW - immigration KW - migration KW - nonmetro KW - race KW - rural KW - white_flight AU - Frey, William AU - Liaw, Kao-Lee PY - 1998/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/0033-0124.00116 ER -