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4 counties account for most new Cedar County residents
by Gregory R. Norfleet · News · October 08, 2015
If you moved to Cedar County between 2013 and 2014, there is a 93.4 percent chance you moved from one of four Iowa counties: Johnson, Linn, Muscatine and Scott.
Conversely, if you moved out of the county that same year, there is a 64.8 percent chance you moved to one of those same four counties.
New figures from the U.S. Census bureau show Cedar County with a net gain of 86 residents from adjacent counties along Interstate 80 and Interstate 380 from 2013 to 2014.
By looking at individual income tax returns in its “Individual Income Tax Returns: County-to-County Migration Outflow for Selected Income Items, Calendar Years 2013-2014” report, the Census bureau determined that more people moved into Cedar County than moved out when focusing on Johnson, Linn, Muscatine and Scott counties.
However, when looking at everyone migrating and immigrating, Cedar County lost 40 residents during that time.
• Johnson County: 149 people moved from Johnson County to Cedar County, while 153 moved from Cedar County to Johnson County, a net loss of four residents.
• Linn County: 103 people moved from Linn to Cedar, while 147 moved from Cedar to Linn, a net loss of 44 residents.
• Muscatine County: 207 people moved from Muscatine to Cedar, while 129 moved from Cedar to Muscatine, a net gain of 78 people in Cedar County.
• Scott County: 125 moved from Scott to Cedar, while 69 moved from Cedar to Scott, a net gain of 56 people in Cedar County.
• Total U.S.: The report shows that, from 2013 to 2014, 821 people moved into Cedar County from somewhere in the United States — from either a next-door county or across America — while 861 moved outside the county, a net loss of 40 residents.
As a point of reference, just counting individuals listed on income tax returns — anyone marked for an “exemption” — the Census bureau estimates 15,302 people — or about 95 percent — did not move out of Cedar County between 2013 and 2014.
In total, 584 people moved from Johnson, Linn, Muscatine and Scott counties into Cedar County and 498 moved away from Cedar and into one of those four counties.
The report says that 625 people moved into Cedar County from somewhere in Iowa, meaning the top four counties accounted for 93.4 percent of new Cedar County residents.
Some 768 people left Cedar County for other parts of Iowa, with 64.8 percent moving into those four main counties and the other 35.2 percent moving elsewhere in Iowa.
The Census report counted 196 people moving to Cedar County from outside Iowa and 93 who left Cedar County for another state, which means the county gained 103 out-of-state residents between 2013 and 2014.
The report states that no one filing tax returns, who moved to or from Cedar County, left or came from another country.
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