# Statistics on American emigration

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statistics-on-american-emigration/175048>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 13, 2003, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statistics-on-american-emigration/175048 "2003-05-13T20:45:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2003, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statistics-on-american-emigration/175048/1 "2003-05-13T20:45:31Z")

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Greetings, all.

Does anyone know of a good (preferably online) source of information on American emigration in modern times? I’m looking for statistics on the emigration rate, destinations, and possibly even reasons for leaving. I suppose the government may not keep official records on this, especially the reason-for-leaving bit, but perhaps some third party has done a study on a randomish sample of emigrants…?

In the absence of statistics, I’d be happy to hear anecdotal evidence from individual Dopers, in which case this thread should probably eventually be moved.

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**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2005, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statistics-on-american-emigration/175048/2 "2005-11-19T04:47:17Z")

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I hope it’s OK to bump this, since it hasn’t gotten any replies yet…

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**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2005, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statistics-on-american-emigration/175048/3 "2005-11-19T12:19:20Z")

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This report, from the Census Bureau, looks at [emigration from the United States](http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0063.html) - the tables included in the report seem more helpful, although I didn’t read the text closely.  
There may be something in the Statistical Abstract, but I find the online version more difficult to use than the print version - no real search available, and the print version (any library should have a copy) is indexed, making it easier to find the specific information you need if it’s in there.