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Chapter 6. Migration2000 FSM Census of Chuuk Stateare losing people. The negative net migration rate in the Outer Islands was largely due to people moving to the Lagoonfor easier accessibility to the higher level of education, school facilities, and job market.Lifetime internal migration differed by sex. As shown in Table 6.4, census year 2000 data showed a change inlifetime internal migration such that female movers outnumbered their male counterparts, whereas in 1994 malemovers outnumbered the female movers. The female internal migrants in census year 2000 outnumbered their malecounterparts, with 932 compared to 773 males. The Outer Islands lost both males and females as a result of internallifetime migration. However, these people are recouped in the Lagoon.Table 6.4. Internal Lifetime Migration, Chuuk State: 1994 and 20001994 2000LifetimeLifetimeNon- In- Out- Net- Migration Non- In- Out- Net- MigrationRegion movers migrants migrants migrants Rate (%) movers migrants migrants migrants Rate (%)TotalLagoon 39,005 1,751 350 1,401 3.5 37,936 2,050 345 1,705 4.4Outer Islands 11,241 350 1,751 (1,401) (11.4) 12,778 345 2,050 (1,705) (12.3)MalesLagoon 19,832 875 204 671 3.3 19,304 960 187 773 4.0Outer Islands 5,651 204 875 (671) (10.8) 6,411 187 960 (773) (11.3)FemalesLagoon 19,173 876 146 730 3.7 18,632 1,090 158 932 4.8Outer Islands 5,590 146 876 (730) (12.0) 6,367 158 1,090 (932) (13.4)Source: 1994 FSM Censuses, Table P17 & unpublished data; 2000 FSM Census, Table P2-5 & unpublished data.Citizenship and Legal ResidenceA similar migration pattern was found when place of birth was used to estimate migration flow and that is citizenship.Most residents in Chuuk were legal residents of Chuuk as shown in Table 6.5. The majority of the non-Chuukese werecitizens of other FSM states, accounting for about 41 percent, while U.S and Asian citizens accounted for about 25 and17 percents respectively. The majority of these non-Chuukese citizens resided in the Lagoon, accounting for less than1 percent of the total Chuukese population (more than 1 percent drop from 1994).Table 6.5: Usual Residence by Citizenship, Chuuk State: 1994 and 2000Country of citizenship1994 2000Other FSM Else- Other FSM Else-Usual residence Total Percent Chuuk states USA Asia where Total Percent Chuuk States USA Asia whereTotal 53,319 100.0 98.2 0.4 0.4 0.9 0.1 53,595 100.0 99.5 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1Lagoon 41,662 100.0 97.8 0.4 0.5 1.2 0.1 38,005 100.0 99.3 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1N. Namoneas 17,093 100.0 95.1 1.0 0.9 2.8 0.2 10,360 100.0 97.8 1.0 0.5 0.4 0.4S. Namoneas 11,898 100.0 99.7 0.1 0.2 - - 12,373 100.0 99.8 0.1 0.1 … …Faichuk 12,671 100.0 99.7 - 0.1 0.1 - 15,272 100.0 99.9 … 0.1 - …Outer Islands 11,657 100.0 99.4 0.3 0.2 - - 15,590 100.0 100.0 … … - -Mortlocks 6,471 100.0 99.4 0.4 0.1 - - 8,848 100.0 100.0 … - - -Pattiw 2,171 100.0 99.3 0.2 0.5 - - 2,968 100.0 100.0 - - - -Namonwito 1,001 100.0 98.9 0.5 0.6 - - 1,433 100.0 99.9 - 0.1 - -Halls 2,014 100.0 100.0 - - - - 2,341 100.0 99.9 0.1 - - -Source: 1994 FSM Censuses, Table P18; 2000 FSM Census, Table P2-6.In Table 6.6, the data show Chuuk legal residents in the FSM, presenting their place of usual residence. Legalresidence is defined as the place where a person is a registered voter during the election preceding the census. Suchinformation is especially useful in the decision-making process of appropriating government funds. The data show thatin both census years a vast majority of the population lived in their place of legal residence. For example, in the 2000Census, 97 percent of the Northern Namoneas legal residents were residing in Northern Namoneas at the time of thecensus. This also holds true for the Outer Islands, except for the Mortlocks of which about 76 percent lived in theirplace of legal residence.52 Chuuk Branch Statistics Office, Division of Statistics, FSM Department of Economic Affairs