Atlas Van Lines recently released their 2016 Migration Patterns Study providing a snapshot of interstate moves throughout the U.S. and Canada. They report that in 2016, 26 states registered as balanced (meaning that moves in and out of the states were roughly equal), 15 as outbound, and 9 as inbound, in addition to Washington, D.C. Idaho was 2016’s inbound highest percentage leader and Wyoming topped the outbound percentage list. Overall, there were over 75k interstate moves, down from 2015.
Top 10 Inbound:
- Idaho (63%)
- Oregon (62%)
- North Carolina (61%)
- Tennessee (60%)
- Alaska (59%)
- Washington (58%)
- Michigan (57.2%)
- Washington D.C. (57.1%)
- Florida (56%)
- New Hampshire (55.1%)
Top 10 Outbound:
- Wyoming (63%)
- Nebraska (61%)
- Illinois (60%)
- Delaware (59.5%)
- Louisiana (59%)
- Connecticut (58.9%)
- New York (58.7%)
- West Virginia (58.6%)
- Indiana (58%)
- South Dakota (57.6%)
