Net Migration in Urban and Rural Kentucky 1940-1995*

State

Urban Areas**

Rural Areas**

Period

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

1940-1950

-232,431

-8.2

83,119

11.8

-315,550

-14.7

1950-1960

-389,546

-13.2

33,535

4.0

-423,081

-20.2

1960-1970

-154,046

-5.1

19,589

1.7

-173,635

-9.1

1970-1980

206,237

6.4

269

0.0

205,968

12.0

1980-1990

-171,678

-4.7

-68,283

-4.1

-103,395

-5.2

1990-1995

81,862

2.2

23,711

1.3

58,151

3.0

* Percent net migration is the net migration number divided by the population at the beginning of the period multiplied by 100.
** Urban areas are metropolitan counties and rural areas are nonmetropolitan counties as designated at the end of each time period.
Sources: US Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service and Calculations of author.