U-Haul has released its 2024 list of the top states Americans are moving into and out of and there is a common theme to these two metrics. And I’ll bet you already see what is coming.
So, let’s hit the top five states Americans are moving into right off:
1). South Carolina
2). Texas
3). North Carolina
4). Florida
5). Tennessee
So, what is the common denominator? They are all low-tax, red states, which voted for Donald Trump.
And, drum roll please, what states are people running away from?
46). Pennsylvania
47). New York
48). New Jersey
49). Massachusetts
50). California
Can you see the similarity? Yep, they are all deep blue, Democrat states with people dumb enough to vote for Kamala Harris.
“State-to-state transactions from the past year reaffirm customer tendencies that have been pronounced for some time,” stated John J.T. Taylor, U-Haul International president. “Migration to the Southeast and Southwest continues as families gauge their cost of living, job opportunities, quality of life and other factors that go into relocating to a new state. Out-migration remains prevalent for a number of markets across the Northeast, Midwest and West Coast — and particularly California.”
“U-Haul continues to expand its network, rental fleet and self-storage footprint so that wherever people move in 2025, we will be there to meet their needs,” Taylor added.
South Carolina climbed three spots in the rankings to unseat Texas, which was the No. 1 growth state for the previous three years (2021-23). Of all the U-Haul movers coming and going from the Palmetto State in 2024, more than 51.7% were arrivals.
Texas has ranked first or second among U-Haul Growth States each year since 2016. Florida has been fourth or higher every year since 2015.
New York, at No. 47 on the list, has its lowest growth ranking in a decade.
Oklahoma (+30), Indiana (+19) and Maine (+18) are the biggest risers year-over-year on the U-Haul Growth Index. Colorado (-31), Nevada (-24), Wyoming (-22) and New Mexico (-21) saw the biggest slides in 2024.
Who is surprised?
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