The U.S. States People Are Fleeing (And The Ones They Are Moving To)

NewImageVia Forbes:

Each year families pack up their belongings and move to a new home, sometimes out of state. Tracking where they go—and where they’re leaving from—paints an interesting picture of U.S. migration.

This past year, United Van Lines, a moving company that operates throughout the country, moved about 110,000 families and provided each with a simple questionnaire to discover the reasons they were moving. The results tell us which states are attracting families and why.

Here are the states everyone is fleeing: 

  1. Illinois
  2. New Jersey
  3. New York
  4. Connecticut
  5. Kansas
  6. Taxachusetts Massachusetts
  7. Ohio
  8. Kentucky
  9. Utah
  10. Wisconsin

Here are the states everyone is fleeing to: 

  1. Vermont
  2. Oregon
  3. Idaho
  4. Nevada
  5. South Dakota
  6. Washington
  7. South Carolina
  8. North Carolina
  9. Colorado
  10. Alabama

See any patterns?