With all the bad real estate news out there, I thought I'd pass along some fun and interesting info about us good ole' Wisconsin folk......
I'm off to carve some pumpkins!
"75 Percent Who Live in Wisconsin Were Born Here, Census Finds"
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (09/22/08) Glauber, Bill; Poston, Ben
According to the U.S. Census Bureau's new American Community Survey, three out of four of the U.S.-born population in Wisconsin--75.2 percent, to be exact--were born in the state. In fact, the Midwest leads the nation's regions, with 70.3 percent of residents living in the states where they were born. The survey results provide a snapshot of the social, economic and housing characteristics of the nation. The ebb and flow of people sticking close to home or moving between states provides a measure of the popularity of places where people live. States with fewer native-born residents, such as Nevada and Florida, tend to have higher population growth rates. William Frey, a demographer at the Brookings Institution, comments, "The good news [for Wisconsin] is you have a sense of 'rootedness' in a population like this. These are people who really care about their communities." For a lot of residents, leaving Wisconsin isn't even a possibility. Of the state's biggest cities, Appleton (78.1 percent) has the highest rate of U.S.-born residents from Wisconsin, while Madison (63.3 percent) contains the lowest. Milwaukee County led the state with 8.4 percent foreign born population, with Dane County trailing in second at 7.2 percent. Waukesha County shared the state average at 4.5 percent.
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