In this April 23, 2021, photo Sydney Kramer, a graduate student at the University of Colorado, poses for a photo on the campus in Boulder, Colo. Kramer is typical of many new Colorado arrivals. The 23-year-old moved to the university town of Boulder in January to begin graduate studies in atmospheric and oceanic sciences. She could have stayed in Miami, a natural location for someone of her interests and where she finished her undergraduate studies. But Kramer was depressed by Florida's anti-science turn under Republican state control. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Young adults’ relocations are reshaping political geography
By Nicholas Riccardi and Mike Schneider/AP
David Zalubowski / AP
In this April 23, 2021, photo Sydney Kramer, a graduate student at the University of Colorado, poses for a photo on the campus in Boulder, Colo. Kramer is typical of many new Colorado arrivals. The 23-year-old moved to the university town of Boulder in January to begin graduate studies in atmospheric and oceanic sciences. She could have stayed in Miami, a natural location for someone of her interests and where she finished her undergraduate studies. But Kramer was depressed by Florida's anti-science turn under Republican state control. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Young adults are leaving states such as New York and California for new destinations including Colorado, Florida and Texas.
This migration over the past decade is helping reshape the country’s political power structure.
This coming week, the U.S. Census Bureau is scheduled to release new population numbers showing the shift.
And the data will lead to a reallocation of congressional seats from northern states to states in the South and the West.
Younger adults are drawn primarily by jobs but also by cultural and recreational amenities and especially a lower cost of living.
Home prices have soared in traditional magnets such as New York City, San Francisco and Washington, D.C.
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