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U.S. States Californians are Moving to the Most

Which states were the most common destinations for California residents who left the Golden State in 2023 and 2024?
Source: U.S. Census
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First submittedJuly 21, 2022
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Californians
State
171,131
Texas
106,605
Arizona
95,286
Nevada
84,796
Washington
75,246
Florida
Californians
State
65,307
Oregon
62,464
New York
45,865
Colorado
43,631
Tennessee
41,951
Virginia
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26 Comments
Quizmaster
+17
Level ∞
Apr 8, 2024
Bottom three: Delaware, West Virginia, Vermont
Shadywyvern
+13
Level 85
Feb 29, 2024
westfield indiana (please move here josh)
luke0lamoreaux
+10
Level 49
Mar 1, 2024
Surprised Utah isn't on the list.
FlabberBapper
+7
Level 77
Mar 1, 2024
Utah comes in at a close 11th of 12th I can't remember, it was on par with Tennessee
Quizmaster
+6
Level ∞
Apr 8, 2024
Next three: Tennessee, North Carolina, Utah
JWatson24
+3
Level 71
Apr 8, 2024
Ah, I was wondering about North Carolina. From a Pennsylvanian perspective, it seems like everyone is moving to there and Georgia. This might be East Coast bias.
orange3472
+1
Level 72
Apr 24, 2024
I'm from Tennessee, and it was my first guess. It seems like every new person that moves here is from California. But hey, when you can buy a mansion on acres of land for the same price as a 700 sq. ft. studio, who can blame 'em? lol
AlmostAGenius
+3
Level 89
Apr 8, 2024
Wow! 10 guesses, 10 states. I think that’s the first time I’ve ever done that.
thegoatisgoaty
+22
Level 75
Apr 9, 2024
might have to remove the almost from your name
chaidan
+3
Level 80
Apr 9, 2024
These trends can be easily explained by comparing housing policies in California and Texas. Austin's skyline is full of cranes, building new office buildings and apartment buildings, while its suburbs continue to grow. San Francisco, meanwhile, has its city councilmembers actively working to downzone their districts. People will move to where they can afford to live.
Ampersandwich
+5
Level 61
Apr 28, 2024
Texans don't like the Californians moving in and many of us think Austin's lost all its culture given how much it changed in the last couple years...

Austin's too expensive for a lot of us now too, but the tech jobs do pay well!

Cliffa
+1
Level 47
Apr 11, 2024
looks like neighboring states and retirement states.
DarthSoto
+4
Level 62
Apr 24, 2024
I've seen people complain and say things like "Don't California my Texas" when historically people have always moved states. What comes to mind is during the Dust Bowl of the 1930s people moved from Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas to California is search of work and many of them stayed there. And since late 20th century people have also been moving out of the Midwest and Northeast down to the south and the west. The housing issues that California has dealt with has been ongoing for decades and is not the fault of everyday people, some of whom have decided to move out of state.
Ampersandwich
+11
Level 61
Apr 28, 2024
It's not that people hate moving, it's that the people who move typically vote stuff in their new state that caused their departing state to become that way in the first place.

Also just how quickly things change. A lot of us Texans are unhappy with how Austin seems to have "lost itself" in such a short time. It's seen nowadays as very yuppie & soulless. It's also gotten much more expensive than it ever was.

CaptainUnderpant
+4
Level 81
Jun 28, 2024
I see the 'people move here and then vote (mostly blue) and ruin everything' argument come up on nearly every quiz about state demographics. Is it actually true at all?

It hardly seems fair to blame people for 'causing their departing state to become that way in the first place' as if they have a ton of control over factors like housing prices, jobs/economy, schools, crime, etc., let alone to blame them for any changes that might happen in the states they move to.

FlabberBapper
+3
Level 77
Jun 28, 2024
As a Californian myself, there is some warrant but it's definitely way overblown and not an excuse for the straight up discrimination I've been seeing on internet circles just cause someone is from another state, not even if they were moving there but just visiting, but that is also likely just as overblown.
Ampersandwich
+4
Level 61
Oct 20, 2025
I'd say it bears some truth. Texas has been trending bluer, albeit slower than the Internet says. (In fact, a lot of people moving in are Cali Republicans)

I think a lot of the time, people associate what they see on news (which is fortified with sensationalism/bias to varying degrees). Not saying this is right, but it happens...

For example, take guns. This is a can of worms, but the gist for many folks in Texas (a very pro 2A state) is that people keep them to protect themselves. We have a lot to work on, especially after Uvalde, but bear with me.

California has enacted many comparatively strict gun control laws for public safety (& to diminish the Black Panthers under Reagan), yet there's constant news out of California over drug abuse, carjackings, & robberies. Many people see Cali law enforcement as not doing enough & judges not giving adequate punishment. People don't want that in Texas.

It's kind of apples to oranges, but that's frames a lot of the mentality here

Ampersandwich
+3
Level 61
Oct 20, 2025
But the major issue is just the housing!

It's a nationwide problem that I don't know enough about to speak on, but Californians moving out significantly drive up local property values. It's not just a Texas problem; Californians are getting more and more hated in a lot of emptier Western states for this too. (Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, etc. where they're often seen as city-slickers playing cowboy)

Let's say someone wants to leave California, where the median house price is $900k. They've sold a very expensive apartment for $1.5M & bought a sizeable house in Texas for $600k.

To them, that's a steal, but for Texans, that's $200k over our median house price. A lot of Californians outbid local buyers & developers & realtors respond by selling houses more pricey, making it much harder for folks here before. And since our state has higher property taxes to make up for not having a state income tax, it's a double whammy.

chaostess
+3
Level 68
Oct 31, 2025
Like insects, they scatter.
AnAmerican
+1
Level 79
Feb 27, 2026
It's weird to think that Texas might soon be a Democrat stronghold state again.
FlabberBapper
+4
Level 77
Feb 28, 2026
Stronghold? No. Go blue? Maybe
French2010
+5
Level 96
Feb 28, 2026
I won't blame it entirely on California immigrants, but Arizona has gone from pretty red to at least purple, if not trending blue, in my short residence here (12 years). We now have two Democratic Senators and Governor, which I don't believe has happened before, As Ampersandwich has pointed out above, a major issue here as in Texas is the cost of housing which has risen dramatically. A couple hundred thousand folks may not be the only force moving that needle, but at the margin it probably has some impact.
Albrik
+1
Level 66
Apr 26, 2026
I typed California mid quiz
hwes
+3
Level 89
Apr 26, 2026
Given all the internet hype about people leaving, I'm surprised how low these numbers are. There are 40 million people in California and in total 600 000 leave per year with 350 000 other Americans arriving for a net loss around 250 000, just over half a percent. And that's easily offset by international immigration.
nvirgilio26
+2
Level 48
Apr 27, 2026
California to New York? Battle of the worst states
BoxBoxBox
+2
Level 50
Apr 29, 2026
Put some respect on the Empire State. Home to the best city in the country, the largest waterfall in the country, a waterfall with an eternal flame burning inside of it, beautiful mountains, lovely beaches, lighthouses, a state capitol complex featuring the Egg, (your state capital probably does not have an Egg), passenger trains galore, the most ethnically diverse county in the Country, Kodak, I could go on and on.
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