The top five US states people never want to move away from — and the ones they always leave
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The Covid-19 pandemic was, for many people, a unique chance to re-evaluate the places they called home. If you could work remotely, was it worth staying where you were, or taking your salary with you to a place with a lower cost of living?
Indeed, thousands chose to make the move, leaving higher-cost states like California for places like Idaho or emerging tech hubs like Austin, Texas.
But for many Americans, nothing beats your home state.
State-to-state migration has been rising for a decades, but one interesting metric is how “sticky” a state is — a term used to calculate how many people born in the state continue to reside there.
So where does your state stand? And what can we learn from the stickiest states in the US?
The top 5 stickiest states | The bottom 5 stickest states |
1. Texas | 1. Wyoming |
2. North Carolina | 2. North Dakota |
3. Georgia | 3. Alaska |
4. California | 4. Rhode Island |
5. Utah | 5. South Dakota |
The stickiest
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