NYT: Map shows 57% of Rhode Islanders born in Ocean State in ’12

AN INTERACTIVE MAP from The New York Times shows where people living in a state were born. In 2012, 57 percent of Rhode Islanders were born in the Ocean State, compared with 64 percent in 1950. / COURTESY NEW YORK TIMES
AN INTERACTIVE MAP from The New York Times shows where people living in a state were born. In 2012, 57 percent of Rhode Islanders were born in the Ocean State, compared with 64 percent in 1950. / COURTESY NEW YORK TIMES

PROVIDENCE – An interactive map from The New York Times shows where people living in a state were born. In 2012, 57 percent of Rhode Islanders were born in the Ocean State, compared with 64 percent in 1950 and 51 percent in 1900.

Among the New England states, Maine led the group in 2012 with 66 percent of its residents having been born there.

“Mapping Migration in the United States,” from The New York Times, is part of a series of interactive charts showing how Americans have moved between states since 1900.

Rhode Islanders was third among the New England states for the most residents having been born there in 2012, behind Massachusetts, where the number was 63 percent.
Connecticut was fourth at 57 percent, followed by Vermont at 52 percent, and New Hampshire, 42 percent.

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The map also shows other interesting facts, such as in 2012, 15 percent of Rhode Islanders were born outside the United States and 9 percent of Rhode Islanders were born in Massachusetts.

Another map shows where Rhode Islanders have moved.
“The share of Rhode Island natives staying in their home state has fallen steadily since 1940. The share moving to neighboring Massachusetts is still rising, but like other Northeasterners, Rhode Island natives are also flocking to the South,” an article about the map states.
For example, in 2012, 10 percent of the people born in Rhode Island moved to Massachusetts, 6 percent moved to Florida and 8 percent moved to other states in the South.

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