[An overview of internal migration in the United States]

"This article briefly looks at internal migration in the United States, with [particular] reference to the reversal of the tendency that was observed in the early seventies, when the South became a region that clearly gained from migratory exchanges with the other regions. The phenomenal growth of the Sun Belt during the seventies constitutes, without doubt, one of the outstanding demographic features of this decade, in the United States. With data from the 1980 Census, this article examines the migratory situation at the state level, during the 1975-1980 period." Consideration is given to the likelihood of the continuation of the migration balance in favor of the Sun Belt in the future. (summary in ENG, SPA)