Alabama one of nation’s ‘stickiest’ states - Baldwin County NOW - A Gulf Coast Information Source for South Alabama

Alabama one of nation’s ‘stickiest’ states - Baldwin County NOW - A Gulf Coast Information Source for South Alabama: "BALDWIN COUNTY, Ala. — When Lynyrd Skynyrd sang “Sweet Home Alabama,” the state’s residents surely identified with its lyrics. A new study about population migration in the United States puts Alabama as one of the top 20 of what the study calls “sticky states” or states where people tend to “stick around.”

The study, conducted by the Pew Research center, measured American’s moving habits around the country. The study found that people are settling down, with 57 percent of adult Americans living their entire lives in the state they were born.

Americans are often viewed as always on the move. However, the trend seems to be everyone is settling down. Between 2007 and 2008 only 11.9 percent of Americans moved, marking the lowest number since the government began tracking the trend in the 1940s.

While many of the reasons seem circumstantial such as a new job, or pursuit of higher education, many Baldwin County residents just think Alabama is a great place to live.

“Baldwin County is a beautiful place,” Kathy Danielson of the Foley Conventions and Visitor’s Bureau said. “We have all the natural resources; everything we need.”