People fleeing Pricey Coastal states for South West...

People fleeing pricey coastal states for South, West, from the USA TODAY , reports that the quest for affordable housing and jobs is driving Americans from expensive coastal states to more moderately priced parts of the country, according to an analysis of Census population estimates out Thursday. People continue to leave states such as New York and California and spill into parts of the Southwest, Southeast and Rocky Mountains. New York lost people for the first time, and California had 239,417 leave the state for other parts of the country. The article has a link to show each states population estimate and its population growth , its percent change from 2004 to 2005, and percent change from 2000 to 2005. Arizona had a 3.5% population growth rate from 2004 to 2005, and a 15.8% population growth from 2000 to 2005, one of the highest in the nation!

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-12-22-census-data_x.htm