The U.S. Census Bureau computed the proportion of U.S. residents who lived in each of four geographic regions in 2010. Then a simple random sample was drawn of 1000 people living in the United States in 2017. The following table presents the results:

Can you conclude that the proportions of people living in the various regions changed between 2010 and 2017? Use the 0.05 level of significance.

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2010 2017 Proportion Frequency Northeast 0.179 173 Midwest 0.217 205 South 0.371 384 West 0.233 238