Only Nevada and Florida have fewer locals than we do.

Everyone has always known that the District was a transient place. Now, there are numbers to back that up.

According to the “Lifetime Mobility in the United States” report published by the U.S. Census this month, the District ranks amongst the five most transient places in the country, bested only by Nevada and Florida. According to Census data, only 37.3 percent of District residents were actually born here; for Florida, the number drops to 35 percent, while in Nevada, it’s a mere 24 percent.

To put that in perspective, both Maryland and Virginia are at the 50 percent mark, while Louisianians either really love their state or are chained to it — 78 percent of them were born there.

Additionally, 47 percent of the District’s residents were born out of the confines of the city, third only to New Hampshire (51 percent) and Wyoming (54.9 percent).

Obviously, one could argue that putting the District up against the 50 states is a little unfair insofar as mobility and transience is concerned. We’re pretty small, and plenty of folks could move a few miles and be in one of two other states. (Hello, Prince George’s, Montgomery and Arlington counties!) For example, in 2010, over 23,000 District residents moved to Maryland, and 10,000 to Virginia. In 2009, it was much the same. At the same time, the District’s population is growing, though many of its new residents are coming from outside the city.