Global Migration Infographic: 1990-2010

There's a really interesting infographic at Global-Migration that allows you to look at global migration patterns by clicking on a region of the world and hovering over each country displayed to see the out- and in-migration. This is broken into five year periods from 1990 to 2010. Below is a static view of the migration for North America. Go to the website and click on the North American region to see how migration differed between the US and Canada.

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In-Migration Population and Poverty Estimates for NYS Counties

While the migration of people into Oneida and Herkimer Counties is far from a static process, there is data about the nature of some of those that come to our region based on the American Communities Survey.

Unfortunately not everyone who immigrates to our region arrives with a home, a family, or a job waiting for them. Sometimes those that arrive here are in desperate need of help.

Below is a table which shows the percent of people migrating into New York State counties* who are at or below the poverty line for each of five years (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011). These include people migrating between NYS counties, people migration into New York from other states, and people coming here from other countries as well. Generally speaking, the average for most counties is about a quarter of all in-migration populations are people in poverty.

* = Only counties that have single year estimates from the ACS were included in this table.