Amid Downturn, Sunbelt Gains College Grads
Many Sunbelt cities, including Austin, Texas, seen above, were among U.S. metropolitan areas where college-educated individuals continued to relocate during the economic downturn.
College graduates continued to relocate to many fast-growing cities in the Sunbelt during the recession, a possible sign of the region’s economic appeal, according to Census data released Tuesday.
Among the top 10 metropolitan areas with the fastest average net growth in the number of arrivals with college degrees between 2007 and 2009, seven were in the south and southwest, including Austin, Texas, and Raleigh, N.C., according to an analysis of Census data by William H. Frey, a demographer at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C.
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