Staff Report //February 22, 2019//
United Van Lines recently issued its moving report on states that are losing population and states that are gaining — newborn babies not included — and once again South Carolina made the top inbound states list.
But there were a few surprises …
Reason | % |
---|---|
Retirement | 36.70% |
Job | 32.50% |
Family | 21.50% |
Lifestyle | 21.50% |
Health | 4.70% |
State | % of moves that are outbound | Job growth |
---|---|---|
Illinois | 63.40% | 0.90% |
New Jersey | 62.90% | 1.50% |
New York | 60.60% | 1.10% |
Connecticut | 57.10% | 0.90% |
Kansas | 56.70% | 1.40% |
Massachusetts | 56.30% | 1.60% |
Ohio | 56.20% | 1.40% |
Kentucky | 56.00% | 0.60% |
Utah | 55.70% | 3.20% |
Wisconsin | 54.50% | 1.20% |
State | % of moves that are inbound | Job growth |
---|---|---|
Vermont | 72.7% | 0.00% |
Oregon | 63.8% | 2.30% |
Idaho | 62.4% | 3.10% |
Nevada | 61.8% | 3.20% |
South Dakota | 57% | 1.20% |
Washington | 58.8% | 2.90% |
South Carolina | 59.9% | 1.90% |
North Carolina | 57% | 2.10% |
Colorado | 53.8% | 2.70% |
Alabama | 54.4% | 1.10% |