[buckie]

> People who grew up in one state, went to college in another and then moved somewhere else are counted as migrating from the state where they attended college.

I suspect that may have something to do with it. Maybe Vermont has more initially out-of-state college students, or they represent a higher relative proportion? Also, keep in mind that NH is 2x the population of VT and is close to a major metro area (Boston, ~1hr away). I have friends that live in Southern NH and commute to northern regions of Boston for work.

I'd like to see a 20-year later study that looks into the number of people that went to VT for school (from out of state), went to another state for a career (not a huge number of options in VT) and returned late. Everyone I know that went to school there wants to do this; they love the place but couldn't find a non-service/tourism job post-graduation.