14 Hazleton +19.6pp Wilkes-Barre +13.0pp Allentown +10.4pp Scranton +6.5pp Paterson +16.4pp Lawrence +8.6pp Lynn +9.1pp Lewiston +6.5pp Youngstown -0.6pp Charleston +1.5pp Burlington -1.7pp Martinsburg -0.7pp Brockton +9.9pp Reading +8.2pp Detroit +5.4pp Stamford -7.5pp Providence +4.0pp Ann Arbor +1.4pp +9.9pp -4 pp 0 +8 pp Selected small cities · size = population · color = city rate ACS 5-year estimates 2010 & 2023 (CT: 2021) · B05002 · County scale clipped at -4/+8 pp Regional Albers Equal Area, centred 41°N 78.5°W · City values from Small Cities Lab research (ACS place-level) · County values from ACS 5-year B05002 · Small Cities Lab / Lehigh University 2026 In Luzerne County, the foreign-born share rose 16 points while the born-in-state share fell 21 — the most intense demographic exchange in the study region. From Providence to Paterson, corridor cities absorbed the region's sharpest demographic shifts, with foreign-born shares rising as born-in-state shares contracted. Stamford is the exception that sharpens the rule. Where Paterson and Lawrence absorbed new arrivals, Stamford's rising costs displaced immigrant households faster than newcomers replaced them. Demographic exchange is as much a story of housing markets as migration. Nearly half of Paterson's residents are now foreign-born, up from one in three in 2010. Sixteen points in fourteen years. Who's Coming, Who's Staying? Shifting population composition across 603 counties 15 Co-Lab states · ACS 5-year estimates Foreign Born Share, Δpp 2010–2024
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