California cities aren't appealing to everyone. Numerous places in the Golden State were among the top 14 metros where more people moved out than moved in, adjusted by population.
Business Insider looked at negative net domestic migration estimates for US metropolitan statistical areas for the period of July 1, 2022, to June 30, 2023. Negative net domestic migration means they had more people fleeing these metropolitan statistical areas for another US location than people in the US moving in. We adjusted those estimates by each metro's population as of July 1, 2022, to get migration rates per 1,000 residents.
Before adjusting for population size, negative net domestic migration stood out the most in the greater New York City metro area — with a value of -238,494. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California, came next, with a value of -154,634, and then Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, Illinois-Indiana, with a value of -71,310.
Los Angeles continued to be notable when adjusting metro areas by their population size. Six of the 14 metros that had the biggest negative net domestic migration rates per 1,000 people were California metros. That includes San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont — as well as Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim.
New Orleans-Metairie, Louisiana, stood out the most though for its negative net domestic migration rate per 1,000 people among metros, with a value of -17.5.
Below are the top cities people are fleeing based on net domestic migration rates per 1,000 people.