Major shifts in economic mobility have fueled concern about “brain drain,” the exit of highly-educated residents. A recent report from the Senate Joint Economic Committee documents brain drain across U.S. states over the past 50 years. The report shows the extent to which brain drain falls along regional lines, with highly educated adults tending to leave rural and post-industrial states in favor of major metropolitan areas in “dynamic” states. An interactive map breaks down the data by state and decade.
