Where out-of-state movers are going
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Many out-of-state movers stay near their former home — but others wind up about as far away as they can get, per new census data.
Why it matters: While moving overall is at an all-time low, there's been an uptick in state-to-state migration, as Axios' Erica Pandey reports.
The big picture: The above maps show where recent out-of-state movers from six states (California, Florida, Illinois, New York, Texas and Virginia) wound up.
- More specifically, they show the share of out-of-state movers in every county from each of those six states.
How it works: The maps are based on new 2018-2022 five-year state-to-county migration estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey.
- The estimates are best understood as a pooled average covering that time frame.
- The six states shown above had the most out-of-state movers during that period.
Between the lines: The maps show intriguing differences between these states' population outflows.
- Texas and California, for example, have plenty of folks moving just next door — but also strikingly apparent nationwide diasporas.
The bottom line: Most Americans stay close to home — but plenty are still making big moves, whether for a job, an education or family reasons.
