Loads of Americans are moving out of these 18 states

People move for a variety of reasons: a new job, retirement, to be closer to family, etc.

In the US, most people move within the same state. In fact, the US Census Bureau estimated in 2011 that 40% of moves are within 50 miles.

However, there are some patterns for those that did make interstate moves according to moving van rental company Atlas Van Lines.

Atlas looked at 77,705 interstate moves and found that 18 states had more people moving out than in, and 12 states has the reverse happen.

We've collected the 18 states that had outflows for 2015.

Most of the states are in the upper-Midwest, which Atlas said has been on an outbound trend for awhile.

"The Midwestern states experienced a major shift to outbound moves, with Wisconsin, Iowa and South Dakota going from balanced to outbound in 2015," said the report. "Similar to 2013 and 2014, North Dakota was the only state in the region to register as inbound."

Check out what other states topped the list below, in order from lowest to higher percentage outbound migration.