Where Georgians are moving out of state
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Many Georgians who move out of state stay near 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 map show where recent out-of-state movers from Georgia wound up.
- More specifically, it shows the share of out-of-state movers from Georgia in every U.S. county.
Zoom in: East Alabama and the southwestern border of South Carolina attracted the most (former) Peach State residents.
How it works: The map above is based on new 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 the five-year time frame the survey was taken, 2018-2022.
- California, Florida, Illinois, New York, Texas and Virginia had the most out-of-state movers during that period.
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.