in-migrationn.
/ˈɪnmʌɪˌɡreɪʃən/ Originally U.S.
The action of moving from one place to another within the same country, e.g. from one state to another in the United States.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > furnishing with inhabitants > migration > [noun] > within the same country
in-migration1942
1942 N.Y. Herald Tribune 17 May N1 An inmigration of approximately 3,000 new workers.
1957 Economist 28 Sept. 1031/1 Nowadays, with the tide of immigration from Europe a fading memory, American cities are growing by grace of what sociologists call ‘in-migration’—movements of people from other parts of the United States.
1971 Sci. Amer. July 18/3 Of the 12 states in this region only three..showed an excess of in-migration over out-migration.
1972 Real Estate Rev. Winter 21/1 The heavy in-migration of people from the mainland following the attainment of statehood made the demand for apartment-type housing acute.
1973 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 11 Oct. 5/1 Land use—controls on highrise development and limits to ‘in-migration’, the influx of outsiders to the Victoria area.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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