Moving patterns in the city and throughout the metro between 2020 and 2023 were similar to the three-year period before the pandemic, according to Federal Reserve data.

The prevailing anecdote in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and the unrest following George Floyd’s murder was that droves of people moved out of Minneapolis. But it wasn’t true.

According to new data compiled by the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, some people did move, but not at a rate exceeding what had been typical before the pandemic.

The study had some limitations, but none that seem likely to affect the numbers very much:

The new data has limitations. People without credit scores or Social Security numbers weren’t included, reducing the representation of people younger than 25, those with low incomes and immigrants.