U NITED STATES census data for 1960 are used in this study to reexamine the push-pull theories of migration. One contention is that the aphorism "last hired and first fired" applies to the least educated among regions as well as over the course of time. Those with least education are most influenced by depressed economic conditions within a region, and these individuals are pushed by declining job opportunities from depressed regions to more prosperous regions.' Using the farm example, it is the full renter, sharecropper, and hired farm laborer who are least educated and have the least economic "bargaining power"; hence, they are most likely to be pushed to employment elsewhere. Support for the push theory would be apparent in high migration rates among regions for the least educated.