United Van Lines conducted a migration study in 2006 and discovered that Americans are leaving the central northeast and heading west and southeast.
Top Growing States (percentage of moves coming inbound)
64.0% - North Carolina
62.5% - Oregon
60.6% - South Carolina
59.9% - Nevada
59.3% - Idaho
57.9% - New Mexico
57.9% - Washington, D.C.
Top Shrinking States (percentage of moves going outbound)
66.0% - Michigan
66.0% - North Dakota
60.9% - New Jersey
59.5% - New York
58.2% - Indiana
57.0% - Pennsylvania
56.4% - Louisiana
I think I know one of the reasons that people are leaving Indiana. It's cold! I just checked weather.com and the temperature is 8 degrees with a windchill of -7.
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