{"id":213168,"date":"2025-04-02T15:14:07","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T01:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=213168"},"modified":"2025-04-02T15:42:07","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T01:42:07","slug":"migration-trends-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2025\/04\/02\/migration-trends-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawai\u02bbi migration trends show more balance than expected, 糖心视频ERO<\/abbr> blog shows"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

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Hawaiʻi<\/span>\u2019s migration patterns reveal a more balanced picture than what common narratives suggest, according to a new blog by University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> Economic Research Organization<\/a> (糖心视频ERO<\/abbr>) Assistant Professor JoonYup Park.<\/p>\n

While domestic out-migration, particularly among young adults, continues, international migration and the return of working-age individuals have played an important role in stabilizing the population. Recently, Hawaiʻi<\/span>-born individuals have also contributed to this in-migration trend.<\/p>\n

“Understanding these patterns is essential for developing informed housing, labor and economic policies,” Park said.<\/p>\n

Overall migration pattern<\/h2>\n

In 2023, about 72,000 individuals moved to Hawaiʻi<\/span>. Of these, 81%, accounting for about 58,000 people, migrated from domestic locations within the U.S. At the same time, the state experienced a total out-migration of approximately 58,000 individuals, the majority of whom relocated to California, Washington, and Texas.<\/p>\n

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“Notably, 2023 was the first year—excluding 2021—when the state did not experience a net population loss due to domestic migration,” Park said.<\/p>\n

The 2021 exception was largely driven by an influx of remote workers taking advantage of pandemic era work-from-home flexibility, as well as those returning to be closer to family during the pandemic. However, when international migration is included, Hawaiʻi<\/span> has generally maintained a positive net-migration rate, meaning more people have moved to the state from both the U.S. and abroad than have left. This long-run pattern of positive total net-migration ended in 2019 with a string of four years of net out-migration, a first since statehood.<\/p>\n

“We also find that while many young adults do leave the state, a growing number of working-age individuals and Hawaiʻi<\/span>-born residents are returning,” Park said.<\/p>\n

Read the entire blog<\/a> for more on the domestic characteristics of migrants and the migration pattern of Hawaiʻi<\/span>-born individuals.<\/p>\n

糖心视频ERO<\/abbr> is housed in 糖心视频<\/abbr> M\u0101noa\u2019s College of Social Sciences<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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