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Top 10 U.S. States People are Leaving

Which U.S. states are losing the most residents to other states?
Net migration = people moving in - people moving out
From 2020–2023. Source: U.S. Census.
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Net Migration
State
-1,198,000
California
-883,000
New York
-364,000
Illinois
-153,000
New Jersey
-149,000
Massachusetts
Net Migration
State
-110,000
Louisiana
-100,000
Maryland
-58,000
Michigan
-46,000
Minnesota
-42,000
Hawaii
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34 Comments
Quizmaster
+33
Level ∞
Feb 9, 2024
I reset the comments which were unfortunately not up to par for this site. Please be considerate. This is not Reddit or Twitter. We are a trivia site, not a political debate site.
EcceHomo
+3
Level 84
Feb 9, 2024
Where is everyone going?
Quizmaster
+16
Level ∞
Feb 9, 2024
https://www.jetpunk.com/quizzes/top-10-us-states-people-are-moving-to
YellowJacket
+14
Level 79
Feb 9, 2024
A lot of northern states have an aging population. They move south because it gets cold in the north. The way tax rates are set up is also more favorable in the south for the most part.
lousemouse333
+1
Level 23
Jul 13, 2024
You're seeing what would've happened had air conditioning been around in the 18th and 19th century. Nice outside, nice inside. If too cold, people have always been able to heat (but not cool).

This can even be seen in sports trends as almost every NCAA football champion in the last 25 years is from the South, and lately most pro-sports champions. Besides one NHL team, in the last five years every Super Bowl, Stanley Cup, and World Series winner has been from the South (of Mason Dixon).

It also led to later manufacturing development in the South, so there's ample space for people. Small government types will say it's due to failed blue state policies, but that can be looked at two ways. Yes, shoddy unions drove businesses out of the North, but an over abundance of people were bound to head elsewhere once manufacturing slowed down, anyway.

walruspirate
+1
Level 32
Feb 29, 2024
It's really expensive to live in Hawaii plus islands like Oahu are over populated and it's just traffic everywhere.
xtremeyoylecake
+2
Level 48
Feb 9, 2024
People are leaving my state...understandable as rent is expensive :P
FreeStater
+3
Level 78
Feb 9, 2024
Hawaii was really surprising. I was under the impression it was a hot place to move.
Wistful
+10
Level 72
Feb 9, 2024
Hawaii is nice, but it's expensive!
UnitedStatesQuizzes
+9
Level 70
Feb 9, 2024
A lot of people are leaving Hawaii because of the very high cost of living and natural disasters like hurricanes and wildfires.
McKenzieFam
+4
Level 68
Feb 10, 2024
How many comments were lost?
Quizmaster
+21
Level ∞
Feb 29, 2024
Very little was lost.
McKenzieFam
+2
Level 68
Feb 29, 2024
burn huh
lousemouse333
+2
Level 23
Jul 13, 2024
Right...Seems like the political censorship only works one way. Not surprised.
AJFSPPRDRTYTS
+6
Level 36
Feb 10, 2024
I thought Minnesota was a pretty nice state.
CaptainUnderpant
+10
Level 81
Feb 13, 2024
I mean just because people are leaving in higher numbers than people are arriving doesn't mean it's not a nice state
Phil
+3
Level 58
Feb 29, 2024
It was when Rose Nylund and Mary Richards lived there.
Jzakibe
+5
Level 77
Feb 29, 2024
I like Minnesota a lot. I will say that the winters are tough. And housing in the Twin Cities isn't cheap. That probably has a lot to do with it.
bigtree
+2
Level 74
Feb 29, 2024
nope, it's terrible, don't move here.
SouthwestChief
+12
Level 72
Feb 10, 2024
I feel like I should carry on Kal's legacy and say something about the comment deletion, but on some level I can't blame QM for not wanting to be a forum moderator.

I miss that guy, though. Or, really, I miss the version of him who was around a decade ago. When he was still controversial, but nicer, and less bitterly cynical. I think Cristina really did a number on him....

jennywren21
+5
Level 63
Feb 13, 2024
Did something happen to Kal?
SouthwestChief
+8
Level 72
Feb 16, 2024
In the recent past he left this website because he was angry about comment moderation policies. In the longer ago past of 2016, he dated a Romanian girl named Cristina who messed him up mentally, and sent him down a path of becoming meaner and more egregious in these comments sections, which eventually resulted in the former.
McKenzieFam
+7
Level 68
Feb 29, 2024
wow. I had no idea...
buck1017
+1
Level 78
Oct 30, 2024
Cool...i hope he stays gone.
sumokitty
+6
Level 84
Feb 29, 2024
Would be interesting to see if these rankings differ significantly when looking at percentage of the population leaving. There are like half a dozen states whose entire population is less than the number of people who left California and all of these states are still growing except Illinois.
BenjiSG
+1
Level 65
Mar 7, 2024
I think West Virginia has consistently been the worst when it comes to percentage? Although post-pandemic migration patterns mean large expensive states will still be highly represented
quizzicalguy
+2
Level 68
Feb 29, 2024
With our national birthrate dropping below the replacement rate, this will eventually be true for any place that immigrants don't prefer. Because immigration is what is keeping our total population from shrinking.
lousemouse333
+2
Level 23
Jul 13, 2024
Demonizing gender roles and Pride was a bit more harmful than we thought. Perhaps it was even intentional.

Immigrants make America great because they don't eff around with our crazy politics. This was even the case 200 years ago.

nerdalert
+1
Level 87
Jan 27, 2025
We haven't been at replacement rate since the 70s.
Jacktheguy
+1
Level 91
Feb 29, 2024
If anyone is curious to check out past comments, click here.
BrosephStalin
+5
Level 68
Mar 2, 2024
By and large, that's honestly one of the better dialogues I've seen regarding socio-political issues in the contemporary US, but the bar is admittedly quite low. Nevertheless, some of it goes over the line and is unbecoming of what this site is about.
buck1017
+2
Level 78
Oct 30, 2024
I keep seeing people try to come up with all of these reasons why people are leaving the states yet glossing over the extremely obvious. Progressive politics are not as popular as people think they are. Now, people don't necessarily leave BECAUSE of the politics of the state, but they certainly leave if things get too expensive or if they feel unsafe and it seems that both of these are hallmarks of increasingly progressive policies.
LEEKMEBAULSAC
+1
Level 41
Dec 5, 2024
9/10 of these states have something in common... Can anyone guess what!?
SirPhilippines
+3
Level 71
Jan 12, 2025
Found it, they're all in the Continental US
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