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title: "Census Migration Estimates, Charted"
description: "This links to a posting on FactTank that discusses a graphic charting the movements of 7.1 million Americans who changed states between 2011 and 2012. The graphic is based on the Census Bureau's American Community Survey."
date: "2013-11-22"
authors:
  - name: "D’Vera Cohn"
    job_title: "Former Senior Writer/Editor"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/dvera-cohn/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2013/11/22/census-migration-estimates-charted/"
---

# Census Migration Estimates, Charted

More than 7 million Americans moved to a new state between 2011 and 2012, according to Census Bureau American Community Survey data that is the basis for an interactive graphic designed by data journalist Chris Walker. [See what it looks like at FactTank.](https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/page/2/)