Dive Brief:

• The country is experiencing a resumption of migration that slowed to a trickle during the recession, which should give builders an idea where to expect business to grow.
• University of New Hampshire demographer Kenneth Johnson said that U.S. Census data show Florida, Nevada and Arizona are attracting people from other states, as they had before the downturn.
• In 2012, New York State had a net lost of 136,000 people, which is more than the state capital, Albany, had at its most populous.

Dive Insight:

"Recovery" means more for builders in some places than in others. In the Sunbelt, 2012 migration data suggests that it means a lot as people resume moves that had been  too expensive during the recession. For older and, usually, more northern cities and states, it does not mean as much as some of the potential buyers head out.