Here's where Americans moved to — Alabama #6

[Steve Stinson]

Here's where Americans moved to — and away from — in 2021

Here are the top states people moved to and from last year

By Erika Giovanetti Sponsored by Credible - which is majority owned by our parent, Fox Corporation, and is solely responsible for its services.

Americans are moving from large metro areas to lower-density states as they adapt to lifestyle changes amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to the 2021 National Movers Study from United Van Lines.

The annual study, which has been conducted for the past 45 years, tracks the moving company's user data to determine state-to-state moving patterns. It found that Vermont is the state with the highest percentage of inbound moves (74%), while New Jersey has the most outbound migration (71%).

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[Joe Splitrock]

Just to clarify this is the number of inbound versus outbound based on United Van Lines moving company data. This does not reflect net population or percentage gain. For example in one state, 1000 people could move in and 100 move out. In another state, 100,000 could move in and 2000 move out. Even though one state had much larger net gain, the percentage of inbound versus outbound was lower. Looking at pure population growth, I believe Texas is the largest net gain winner for 2021, followed by Florida. If you look at percentage growth, I believe Idaho is the largest percentage gain in 2021. It is interesting, but doesn't paint the full picture, especially considering United Van lines only represents a portion of moving traffic.

Here is US Census Bureau data on actual population gain/loss in 2021:

https://www.census.gov/newsroo...

Top 10 States in Numeric Growth, 2020 to 2021
Rank	Geographic Area	April 1, 2020 (Estimates Base)	July 1, 2020	July 1, 2021	Numeric Growth
1	Texas	29,145,505	29,217,653	29,527,941	310,288
2	Florida	21,538,187	21,569,932	21,781,128	211,196
3	Arizona	7,151,502	7,177,986	7,276,316	98,330
4	North Carolina	10,439,388	10,457,177	10,551,162	93,985
5	Georgia	10,711,908	10,725,800	10,799,566	73,766
6	South Carolina	5,118,425	5,130,729	5,190,705	59,976
7	Utah	3,271,616	3,281,684	3,337,975	56,291
8	Tennessee	6,910,840	6,920,119	6,975,218	55,099
9	Idaho	1,839,106	1,847,772	1,900,923	53,151
10	Nevada	3,104,614	3,114,071	3,143,991	29,920

Top 10 States (or Equivalent)in Numeric Decline, 2020 to 2021
Rank	Geographic Area	April 1, 2020 (Estimates Base)	July 1, 2020	July 1, 2021	Numeric Decline
1	New York	20,201,249	20,154,933	19,835,913	-319,020
2	California	39,538,223	39,499,738	39,237,836	-261,902
3	Illinois	12,812,508	12,785,245	12,671,469	-113,776
4	Massachusetts	7,029,917	7,022,220	6,984,723	-37,497
5	Louisiana	4,657,757	4,651,203	4,624,047	-27,156
6	Pennsylvania	13,002,700	12,989,625	12,964,056	-25,569
7	District of Columbia	689,545	690,093	670,050	-20,043
8	Michigan	10,077,331	10,067,664	10,050,811	-16,853
9	New Jersey	9,288,994	9,279,743	9,267,130	-12,613
10	Ohio	11,799,448	11,790,587	11,780,017	-10,570