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Study: ‘Millennials’ Mostly Stay Near Home

Americans born between 1984 and 1992 are known as ‘Millennials' because they grew up around the year 2000.

A new study has found that, as this age group entered their 30s, most were not living very far from where they lived as children.

The study found that 90 percent of them lived less than 800 kilometers from where they grew up.

Researchers at the U.S. Census² Bureau³ and Harvard University completed the study. They found that, by the time millennials turn 26, 80 percent had moved less than 160 kilometers from where they grew up.

The information in the study came from the most recent 10-year-census, tax information and a survey.

White and Asian young adults were more likely to have moved far away compared to Black and Hispanic adults. The children of families with higher earnings⁴ were also more likely to have moved far away from where they grew up.

The report found that the chosen new home for millennials who did move away was related⁵ to race. For example, Black adults who moved away from home mostly centered on Atlanta, Georgia; Houston, Texas; and Washington, D.C.

Young white people often went to New York, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and Denver, Colorado.

Young Asians who left home often went to New York, Los Angeles or San Francisco. For Hispanics, New York and Los Angeles were popular. So was Phoenix⁶, Arizona.

The study also showed that some cities do an especially good job of holding onto their young people. For example, about 75 percent of young people who grew up in Chicago stayed there.

The research described a "New Great Migration⁷" for young Black people who came from wealthier families. A high number of them were likely to move away from home. However, they were likely to move to the large cities of the southern U.S. That is different from the original "Great Migration" of the first half of the 1900s, which saw Black people move from the southern U.S. to the north.

The study of millennial¹ movement is supported by other studies showing less movement in general in the U.S.

About 70 years ago, studies showed about 20 percent of Americans moved each year. Now, that number is only 8.4 percent.

A recent report from the Pew Research Center also found that 25 percent of young adults are living in multi-generational households. That is up from 9 percent 50 years ago.

The recent Harvard study noted⁸ that, in general, people said their move was not completely related to getting a better-paying job.

But for some, money did make a difference.

Andrew Waldholtz is 35 years old. He grew up in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Today, he lives over 1,500 kilometers away in St. Louis, Missouri. That makes him unlike many others in his age group. He went to college in Washington, D.C., moved back to Virginia Beach for a time and then went to law school in Ohio.

He said the move to Missouri was a good one because it is not a costly⁹ place to live. He has family members there, as well.

After having trouble finding¹⁰ a job when he was younger, it was important for him to find a place where there would be good work.

"All of us need a job to pay our bills," Waldholtz said. "That factor has to be the most important factor."

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census – n. the official process of counting the number of people in a country, city, or town and collecting information about them

survey – n. an activity in which many people are asked a question or a series of questions in order to gather information about what most people do or think about something

factor – n. something that helps produce or influence a result : one of the things that cause something to happen

1 millennial   

一千年的，千福年的

参考例句：

• Both Russia and America looked to the future to fulfill their millennial expectations. 俄国和美国都把实现他们黄金时代的希望寄托于未来。
• The millennial generation is celebrating the global commons every day, apparently unmindful of Hardin's warning. 千禧一代显然对哈丁的警告不以为然，每天都在颂扬全球“公地”。

2 census   

n.(官方的)人口调查，人口普查

参考例句：

• A census of population is taken every ten years.人口普查每10年进行一次。
• The census is taken one time every four years in our country.我国每四年一次人口普查。

3 bureau   

n.提供或收集消息的机构；局，司，处；署

参考例句：

• The weather bureau makes daily reports on weather conditions.气象局每天报告天气状况。
• The Tourist Bureau arranged everything for our journey to Rome.旅游局已为我们去罗马旅行准备了一切。

4 earnings   

n.工资收人；利润，利益，所得

参考例句：

• That old man lives on the earnings of his daughter.那个老人靠他女儿的收入维持生活。
• Last year there was a 20% decrease in his earnings.去年他的收入减少了20%。

5 related   

adj.有关系的，有关联的，叙述的，讲述的

参考例句：

• I am not related to him in any way.我和他无任何关系。
• We spent days going through all related reference material.我们花了好多天功夫查阅所有有关的参考资料。

6 phoenix   

n.凤凰，长生(不死)鸟；引申为重生

参考例句：

• The airline rose like a phoenix from the ashes.这家航空公司又起死回生了。
• The phoenix worship of China is fetish worship not totem adoration.中国凤崇拜是灵物崇拜而非图腾崇拜。

7 migration   

n.迁移，移居，（鸟类等的）迁徙

参考例句：

• Swallows begin their migration south in autumn.燕子在秋季开始向南方迁移。
• He described the vernal migration of birds in detail.他详细地描述了鸟的春季移居。

8 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。

9 costly   

adj.昂贵的，价值高的，豪华的

参考例句：

• It must be very costly to keep up a house like this.维修这么一幢房子一定很昂贵。
• This dictionary is very useful,only it is a bit costly.这本词典很有用，左不过贵了些。

10 finding   

n.发现，发现物；调查的结果

参考例句：

• The finding makes some sense.该发现具有一定的意义。
• That's an encouraging finding.这是一个鼓舞人心的发现。