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Table 1: Population Migration Flows Among States Within the Mountain & Plains States Region (1995-1996)

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FROM: CO IA KS MO MT NE ND SD UT WY Total Out-Flow to Region Total Out-Flow to Outside Region Total Out-Flow (all areas) Regional Share of Out- Flows
Colorado * 2,017 3,915 3,447 1,693 3,367 695 1,102 3,067 3,135 22,438 109,070 131,508 17%
Iowa 1,999 * 1,787 4,482 245 6,006 352 2,113 391 267 17,642 42,556 60,198 29%
Kansas 4,485 1,580 * 16,792 337 3,044 259 410 469 330 27,706 58,523 86,229 32%
Missouri 3,113 3,438 14,472 * 411 1,881 357 335 649 414 25,070 86,274 111,344 23%
Montana 1,418 248 288 369 * 343 1,129 560 939 1,356 6,650 20,552 27,202 24%
Nebraska 3,511 6,236 3,216 2,506 292 * 343 1,793 470 1,041 19,408 25,050 44,458 44%
North Dakota 843 412 274 312 856 414 * 1,322 145 277 4,855 16,157 21,012 23%
South Dakota 987 1,895 449 516 517 1,926 1,398 * 233 846 8,767 13,993 22,760 39%
Utah 3,190 451 525 849 932 476 157 236 * 1,491 8,307 45,401 53,708 15%
Wyoming 2,982 243 392 446 1,522 1,026 347 896 1,763 * 9,617 13,363 22,980 42%
Total In-Flow from Region 22,528 16,520 25,318 29,719 6,805 18,483 5,037 8,767 8,126 9,157 430,939  
Total In-Flow from Outside Region 139,049 41,885 52,951 97,536 24,107 28,395 14,726 12,907 52,077 13,025 476,658  
Total In-Flow (from all areas) 161,577 58,405 78,269 127,255 30,912 46,878 19,763 21,674 60,203 22,182
Regional Share of In- Flow 14% 28% 32% 23% 22% 39% 25% 40% 13% 41%  
Net Internal Regional Migration 90 -1,122 -2,388 4,649 155 -925 182 0 -181 -460  
Total Population (1995) 3,741,575 2,840,571 2,569,619 5,324,825 868,748 1,636,275 641,344 734,932 2,017,573 478,532  


*Not Applicable

Sources: Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Dept. of the Treasury, compiled from individual income tax returns; flows are understated somewhat because some people are not required to file tax returns; flows are the count of exemptions related to persons on tax returns; estimates of total population from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Compiled by: Office of Research and Analysis, Montana Department of Labor and Industry.

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