U-Haul ranks states by their net gain (or loss) of customers who rented a one-way truck or moving containers in one state and dropped off their equipment in another state. It’s compiled from over 2.5 million annual one-way transactions across the U.S. and Canada.
Sunshine and warm weather remain appealing to the moving public, based on the top 10 growth states. Conversely, eight of the bottom 10 states are northern states.
Blue-to-red state migration, a hotly debated political topic that became more pronounced after the pandemic of 2020, continues to be a discernable trend. Seven of the top 10 growth states currently feature Republican governors, and nine of those states went red in the last presidential election. Conversely, nine of the bottom 10 growth states feature Democrat governors, and seven of those states went blue in the last presidential election.
The number in (parentheses) shows where the state ranked last year:
Source: U-Haul
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