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Thursday, January 14, 2016

Census 2015 population estimates show increasing cultural division and political polarization

By Michael Barone

It shows where Americans have been moving in and out of, and what states attracted the most immigrants. The Census Bureau has delivered its annual Christmas gift to demographic junkies, its estimates of the populations of the 50 states and the District of Columbia for mid-2015.  They show where the nation has been growing since the April 2010 Census head-count, a period that follows the end of the 2007-09 recession and includes three-fourths of the Obama presidency. They show what states Americans have been moving in and out of, and what states have attracted the most immigrants. They're worth looking at, because the cold precision of the numbers provides clues to the warm impulses of human hearts, where people choose to pursue dreams or escape nightmares......

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