Guess What State Had The Most People Leave It Last Year?
For the FIFTH STRAIGHT YEAR, this state leads the list.
The annual United Van Lines list of states that saw the most inbound and outbound movement was released recently and it looks like New Jersey is on the tops of the list, and not in a good way.
The annual list reports that more people moved out of the state of New Jersey than any other state in the nation in the year that was 2022. 67% of moves were outbound moves, according to United Van Lines.
In fact, the Garden State has now topped the list of outbound moves for five straight years. Last year, 70% of moves were out-of-state.
In case you’re wondering: Illinois was second in outbound moves, followed by New York; then Michigan . . . Wyoming and Pennsylvania.
And as for the other end of the survey… the most popular state to move into was Vermont. In fact, Vermont wins the inbound moves for the second straight year. You can believe me on this right now: the good people of Vermont don’t want any more people. They’re fine as they are and you all can just find another state to call nirvana.
Rounding out the top five of states that people moved into are: Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Delaware.
But, I digress from the point here: New Jersey, this fine state of ours, is the state that more people are moving OUT of. Again. The question that we’re asking now is, “Why?” There’s plenty of anecdotal evidence on almost every street corner beginning with the cost of owning a house, the property taxes, the “go F yourself” attitude of so many people; but this survey actually gives us some idea why New Jersey is the leading state to get the heck out of every year.
According to the survey:
34% of people leaving New Jersey were retiring (only 7% of people moving into the state were choosing NJ for retirement).
28% of people leaving the state said it was due to “lifestyle” reasons
26% of people were leaving because of family (46% of people moving into the state cited, “family” as the reason)
20% of people left in 2022 because of their job (as opposed to 36% of people who moved into Jersey because their job brought them here)
and lastly: 14% of people leaving the state because it cost too much (4% of inbound moves were people citing cost, guess they lived somewhere more expensive)
So there ya go!
Do you think New Jersey will lead this list again in 2023? I don’t really know. I just hope all these outbound moves mean parking near the beach gets easier! In the meantime, have a look at some of the greatest moments that 95.9 The Rat had with you in 2022:
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