Americans are fascinated by where people move — and the places they leave behind in search of a better life.
Atlas Van Lines, a major moving company that facilitates about 80,000 relocations a year, tracks data on the number of moves into a state compared with the number of moves out.
It calculated the states with the biggest shares of outbound movers in 2023.
Take the numbers with a grain of salt: Atlas' ranking of the places people are leaving doesn't always align with Census-derived population data on which states are growing and shrinking. Take California, which appeared on the Census list this year, but is nowhere to be found on Atlas' list.
Atlas doesn't collect information on its customers' motivations for moving, so we've compiled some possible reasons why people would leave each of the top 10 states. Reasons can range from high taxes and home prices to poor weather and bad traffic.
Read on for the top 10 states people left in 2023.