A new study shows that New Jersey and New York topped the list of states with the most people moving out.
According to data gathered by the Tax Foundation, New Jersey, New York, Illinois, Connecticut, and California were the five states the most people migrated away from in 2020.
Conversely, the states topping the list of places where people went to over the past year included Idaho, South Carolina, Oregon, South Dakota, and Arizona.
States with the highest proportion of outbound moves:
– New Jersey
– New York
– Illinois
– Connecticut
– California
– Kansas
– North Dakota
– Massachusetts
– Ohio
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— Tax Foundation (@TaxFoundation) January 14, 2021
The Tax Foundation attributed taxes, retirement, the increase in remote work, and business climate as the reasons why people left certain states for others.
“7 of the top 10 states ranked for inbound migration also rank in the top half of states on the 2021 State Business Tax Climate Index, which measures tax structure,” the foundation said.
In the case of California, which ranked fifth on the list of states people are leaving, it was reported last year that the state is in danger of losing an electoral vote for the first time in history due to the amount of people moving out.
New York, which was near the top of the list of states losing residents, is in danger of losing two House seats due to the population loss it experienced in 2020.
In both cases, strict coronavirus lockdowns were listed as contributing factors to the population decline, and residents in both states have staged large protests in defiance of the restrictions imposed by elected officials.
Several states on the list of places where people are moving to are states where coronavirus restrictions were not especially rigid, including South Dakota and South Carolina.
