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5 (1 vote)   by Alfred W. Stuart  See also: Demography
Population- Part 3: Net Migration  Part 3: Net Migration  Figure
2: Net Population Migration in NCThe most dynamic element of
population change is net migration, the difference between the
number of people moving into the state and the number who left.
As Figure 2 indicates, in the past the state tended to lose more
people this way than it gained. The heaviest losses were
experienced in the 1950s but by the 1970s, for the first time in
modern history, a substantial net in-migration was recorded.
This continued to increase rapidly in more recent years.
reaching nearly 1.4 million between 1990 and 2005.  The
implications of this flood of new residents are profound.
Historically, most North Carolina residents were natives, almost
entirely either white or black. Now, thousands of new residents
are from various parts of the country and from over seas. They
bring with them different names, langua