Spatial Trends Associated with Hurricane Migration for Mississippi Counties

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Spatial Trends Associated with Hurricane
Migration for Mississippi Counties

• Brooklynn J. Anderson
• Darrell L. Fannin
• Garen K. Evans

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• We would like to acknowledge the Center for
  Socioeconomic Research and Education and Texas A
  M University technical assistance.

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Population Migration

• Micro and macro-level consequences
• Advanced planning
• Disaster-related migration

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Population Migration

• Micro and macro-level consequences
• Advanced planning
• Disaster-related migration

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Data Methods

• IRS Migration Data Set
• Reflects annual changes in residence
• Captures 95-98 of returns filed each year
• Under-represents poor and elderly populations
• Toblers Flow Mapper
• Obtained from the Center for Spatially Integrated
  Social Science

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Out-of-State Migration
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Out-of-State Migrant Distribution
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County-to-CountyMigration

• Post-Katrina Migration
• Mississippi Migration Trends
• Post-Katrina Coastal Migration
• Closing Observations

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Post-Katrina Migration
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Post-Katrina Net Migration
DeSoto
George
Pearl River
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Mississippi Migration Trends
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Post-Katrina Coastal Migration
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Closing Observations

• Migration to fast-growing counties
• Deviations from typical patterns
• Data Limitations
• Level of analysis
• Data Vintage

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