Not only are Americans moving at a record low pace, but fewer people are moving to the United States from abroad. Only 611,000 movers from abroad came to the United States in 2021, according to the Census Bureau's Current Population Survey, the smallest number since 1951.
Typically, more than 1 million movers from abroad arrive in the United States each year. The number first surpassed 1 million in 1962 and has remained above that level in most years since then. The number peaked at 1.8 million in 2005.
The decline has affected all parts of the United States. Every region recorded a record low number of movers from abroad in 2021, according to the Census Bureau's regional data series dating back to 1981...
Movers from abroad by region, 2021 (and peak number and year)
Northeast: 81,000 (337,000 in 2001)
Midwest: 63,000 (357,000 in 2015)
South: 323,000 (685,000 in 2005)
West: 144,000 (629,000 in 1989)
Between the peak year and 2021, the number of movers from abroad fell 82 percent in the Midwest, 76 percent in the Northeast, 56 percent in the West, and 53 percent in the South. If you wonder why there is a labor shortage, this is one of the reasons.
Source: Census Bureau, CPS Historical Migration/Geographic Mobility Tables
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