In 2022, approximately 8.2 million people moved between U.S. states, up from nearly 7.9 million in 2021, according to Census Bureau estimates. This represents roughly 2–3% of the population and ...

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- United Van Lines released the company's 49th Annual National Movers Study today, revealing a fundamental shift in American migration patterns as economic ...

Florida and Texas have gained the most by interstate migration, while California, Illinois, and New York have lost the most, according to a new analysis, with the report’s author saying such shifts ...

Fewer Americans packed up and moved across state lines last year than at any time since record keeping started in the 1970s—a major shift driven in part by wary homeowners deciding to stay put. The ...

Washington is among the top states losing taxpayers the most frequently on net from interstate migration, according to a new ranking by a national tax-research organization. The Evergreen State says ...

Turns out that it’s easy to make people move out of your state: Just raise taxes. Recently, residents of high-tax states such as California, New York, Illinois, and New Jersey have been on the move.

Preston was a Research Fellow for tax policy in The Heritage Foundation’s Grover M. Hermann Center for the Federal Budget. About 2.8 million more Americans moved out of high-tax states than moved to ...

U.S. movers are moving primarily for the opportunity to be closer to family (29%), company transfer/new job (26%) and retirement (14%) A broad migration shift toward smaller cities and towns is ...