What important demographic shift occurred in the 1950s? Over 50% of families moved from the East coast out west. Black families moved from the cities to the southern countryside. The proportion of men to women increased twofold. The number of women attending college increased by 20 percent. White families moved out of the cities and into suburbs.
"White families moved out of the cities and into suburbs" would be the best option in terms of a demographic shift that occurred in the 1950s, since the post-war boom left a lot of white families with more money than they had before the war.
