thumbnail

Top 10 U.S. States People are Leaving

Which U.S. states are losing the most residents to other states?
Net migration = people moving in - people moving out
From 2020–2023. Source: U.S. Census.
Quiz by Quizmaster
Rate:
Last updated: February 9, 2024
You have not attempted this quiz yet.
First submittedSeptember 15, 2020
Times taken45,040
Average score60.0%
Rating4.38
1:30
Enter answer here
0
 / 10 guessed
The quiz is paused. You have remaining.
Scoring
You scored / = %
This beats or equals % of test takers also scored 100%
The average score is
Your high score is
Your fastest time is
Keep scrolling down for answers and more stats ...
Net Migration
State
-1,198,000
California
-883,000
New York
-364,000
Illinois
-153,000
New Jersey
-149,000
Massachusetts
Net Migration
State
-110,000
Louisiana
-100,000
Maryland
-58,000
Michigan
-46,000
Minnesota
-42,000
Hawaii
+30
Level ∞
Feb 9, 2024
I reset the comments which were unfortunately not up to par for this site. Please be considerate. This is not Reddit or Twitter. We are a trivia site, not a political debate site.
+3
Level 78
Feb 9, 2024
Where is everyone going?
+15
Level ∞
Feb 9, 2024
https://www.jetpunk.com/quizzes/top-10-us-states-people-are-moving-to
+11
Level 78
Feb 9, 2024
A lot of northern states have an aging population. They move south because it gets cold in the north. The way tax rates are set up is also more favorable in the south for the most part.
+1
Level 33
Feb 29, 2024
It's really expensive to live in Hawaii plus islands like Oahu are over populated and it's just traffic everywhere.
+2
Level 43
Feb 9, 2024
People are leaving my state...understandable as rent is expensive :P
+3
Level 66
Feb 9, 2024
Hawaii was really surprising. I was under the impression it was a hot place to move.
+8
Level 72
Feb 9, 2024
Hawaii is nice, but it's expensive!
+8
Level 69
Feb 9, 2024
A lot of people are leaving Hawaii because of the very high cost of living and natural disasters like hurricanes and wildfires.
+3
Level 62
Feb 10, 2024
How many comments were lost?
+14
Level ∞
Feb 29, 2024
Very little was lost.
+1
Level 62
Feb 29, 2024
burn huh
+6
Level 37
Feb 10, 2024
I thought Minnesota was a pretty nice state.
+8
Level 79
Feb 13, 2024
I mean just because people are leaving in higher numbers than people are arriving doesn't mean it's not a nice state
+2
Level 57
Feb 29, 2024
It was when Rose Nylund and Mary Richards lived there.
+5
Level 75
Feb 29, 2024
I like Minnesota a lot. I will say that the winters are tough. And housing in the Twin Cities isn't cheap. That probably has a lot to do with it.
+2
Level 70
Feb 29, 2024
nope, it's terrible, don't move here.
+10
Level 71
Feb 10, 2024
I feel like I should carry on Kal's legacy and say something about the comment deletion, but on some level I can't blame QM for not wanting to be a forum moderator.

I miss that guy, though. Or, really, I miss the version of him who was around a decade ago. When he was still controversial, but nicer, and less bitterly cynical. I think Cristina really did a number on him....

+5
Level 62
Feb 13, 2024
Did something happen to Kal?
+6
Level 71
Feb 16, 2024
In the recent past he left this website because he was angry about comment moderation policies. In the longer ago past of 2016, he dated a Romanian girl named Cristina who messed him up mentally, and sent him down a path of becoming meaner and more egregious in these comments sections, which eventually resulted in the former.
+6
Level 62
Feb 29, 2024
wow. I had no idea...
+6
Level 82
Feb 29, 2024
Would be interesting to see if these rankings differ significantly when looking at percentage of the population leaving. There are like half a dozen states whose entire population is less than the number of people who left California and all of these states are still growing except Illinois.
+1
Level 63
Mar 7, 2024
I think West Virginia has consistently been the worst when it comes to percentage? Although post-pandemic migration patterns mean large expensive states will still be highly represented
+2
Level 65
Feb 29, 2024
With our national birthrate dropping below the replacement rate, this will eventually be true for any place that immigrants don't prefer. Because immigration is what is keeping our total population from shrinking.
+1
Level 15
Mar 23, 2024
People really ought to appreciate immigrants more
+1
Level 89
Feb 29, 2024
If anyone is curious to check out past comments, click here.
+4
Level 65
Mar 2, 2024
By and large, that's honestly one of the better dialogues I've seen regarding socio-political issues in the contemporary US, but the bar is admittedly quite low. Nevertheless, some of it goes over the line and is unbecoming of what this site is about.