Migration in Região Metropolitana do Agreste (2017–2022)
Metropolitan region (RM) made up of 20 municipalities, with its core in Arapiraca and a reference population of 616,735 people. In the 2017–2022 five-year period there were 9,575 migrations within the region itself (among its municipalities) and an external net migration (with the rest of the country) of −4,480.
Core × periphery matrix (intra-metropolitan migration)
| Core → periphery | 3,155 |
| Periphery → core | 2,930 |
| Periphery → periphery | 3,485 |
| External inflows (rest of the country) | 22,270 |
| External outflows (rest of the country) | 26,745 |
Top 10 intra-RM migration flows
Commuting
| Employed persons in the region | 192,325 |
| Commuters (work outside their municipality of residence) | 16,375 |
| % of commuters among employed persons | 8.5 |
| Median commuting time | 40 min |
| % using public transport | 29.4 |
Migrants and work
Sum over the region's municipalities (rm_mig_pendular_resumo): among those who migrated within their own metropolitan region and were employed, where they went to work.
| Intra-RM migrants | 9,570 |
| ... employed | 3,410 |
| ... commuting (work outside where they moved to) | 800 |
| ... going back to work in the origin municipality they left | 515 |
| ... now working in the core | 50 |
| ... working where they now live | 2,545 |
Municipalities of Região Metropolitana do Agreste
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