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2000 FSM Census of Chuuk StateChapter 6. MigrationTable 6.6: Municipality and State of Legal Residence by Municipality of Usual Residence, Chuuk State: 1994 and 2000Usual residenceLagoonOuter IslandsLegal residence Total Total N. Namoneas S. Namoneas Faichuk Total Mortlocks Oksoritod Other FSM1994Total 53,037 40,920 16,416 11,876 12,628 11,637 6,466 5,171 480Lagoon 37,503 37,178 12,747 11,844 12,587 25 15 10 300N. Namoneas 10,916 10,731 10,657 47 27 19 12 7 166S. Namoneas 12,677 12,593 874 11,695 24 3 2 1 81Faichuk 13,910 13,854 1,216 102 12,536 3 1 2 53Outer Islands 15,534 3,742 3,669 32 41 11,612 6,451 5,161 180Mortlocks 9,697 3,110 3,063 29 18 6,459 6,450 9 128Oksoritod 5,837 632 606 3 23 5,153 1 5,152 522000Total 53,909 40,184 14,492 11,664 14,028 13,124 6,908 6,216 601Lagoon 38,063 37,709 12,081 11,631 13,997 15 6 9 339N. Namoneas 10,337 10,121 10,031 77 13 9 3 6 207S. Namoneas 12,434 12,338 833 11,477 28 5 3 2 91Faichuk 15,292 15,250 1,217 77 13,956 1 - 1 41Outer Islands 15,846 2,475 2,411 33 31 13,109 6,902 6,207 262Mortlocks 9,054 1,940 1,885 30 25 6,905 6,901 4 209Oksoritod 6,792 535 526 3 6 6,204 1 6,203 53Source: 1994 FSM Censuses, Table P18; 2000 FSM Census, Table P2-6.Continuous ResidenceData on continuous residence is used to determine migration levels and patterns. Table 6.7 gives the percentdistribution of the non-migrant population. In both census years, around 89 percent of the Chuuk population respondedthat they had been living in his or her present municipality of residence their entire life, or were non-movers. On theother hand, about 10 percent responded that they had changed place of residence, or were movers.The table also shows different migration levels and patterns between the regions. Persons in the Outer Islands weremore likely to be non-movers compared to the Lagoon. For instance, in 2000, over 95 percent of the Outer Islandresidents were non-movers compared to 88 percent in the Lagoon. These differences were partly due to the differentimmigration and in-migration levels experienced in the two areas.Table 6.7: Distribution of Non-movers and Previous Residence, Chuuk State: 1994 and 2000Place of ResidenceResidence since birth 1994 2000and previous place of residence Total Lagoon Outer Islands Total Lagoon Outer IslandsTotal 53,319 41,662 11,657 53,595 40,465 13,130Percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0Lived in municipality since birth 88.8 87.5 93.5 90.1 88.3 95.4Previous residence elsewhere 11.2 12.5 6.5 9.9 11.7 4.6Source: 1994 FSM Censuses, Table P18; 2000 FSM Census, Table P2-7..In Table 6.8 we take the movers (about 11 percent and 10 percent for 1994 and 2000, respectively) defined in Table 6.7as “previous residence elsewhere” and look at the duration of their residence and their previous place of residence.Between 1994 and 2000, the percentage of residents who had continuously resided in their municipality of residenceless than 6 months declined while the percentage continually resided in their municipality of residence for 2 to 5 yearsincreased. The proportion of persons who had continuously resided in their municipality of residence for 5 years ormore was over 60 percent. This pattern suggested that presently, people are more likely to move than before.In 2000, less than 10 percent of the movers previously resided outside Chuuk. Additionally, less than 1 percent of themovers previously resided in Asia, compared to 8 percent in 1994. This is due in part to the suspension of the TingHong fishing ventures in the interim.Chuuk Branch Statistics Office, Division of Statistics, FSM Department of Economic Affairs 53